Our Team

Executive Leadership

Luis Sandoval
Executive Director 
Phone: 323-206-6612
info@buildingskills.org

Karen Aragon
Community Advancement Director
Phone: 424-326-3084

Sara Caughey 
Director of Transformative Programming
Phone: 310-304-1086

Monica Zambrano
Workforce Development Director - Janitorial
Phone: 213-290-2284

Jose Mondragon
Director of Systems Change & Worker Voice
Phone: 310-742-3833

Christian Valdez
Director of Strategy and Impact
Phone: 650-395-9726

Leadership Team

Gabriela Bradley
WFD Manager - Airports & New Divisions
Phone: 408-341-6525

Gabriela Berumen
Community Advancement Manager
Phone: 408-357-0103

Stephany De Leon
Executive Administration Coordinator
Phone: 323-206-6430

Nadia Chowdhury
Manager of People and Culture
Phone: 310-269-0507

Angel Ramos
Community Advancement Manager
Phone: 951-384-1558

Crystal Ramirez
Workforce Development Manager - Janitorial
Phone: 619-432-5785

Melissa Lupercio
Sr. Development Officer
Phone: 818-659-8513

Denisse Villanueva
Finance Manager

Staff

Julie Aguilar
Curriculum Design & Dig Equity Coord
Phone: 714-242-8353

Marcelo Avendaño
Immigration Relations Consultant

Eric Arambula
Communications Coordinator
Phone: 213-556-0091

Nataly Berg
Workforce Development Coordinator - East Bay
Phone: 510-519-4511

Jasmin Castaneda
Workforce Development Coordinator - LA
Phone: (510) 214 3334

Alejandro Calleja
Financial Capabilities Coordinator
Phone: 562-248-6727

Jonathan Escalante
Health Educator and Coordinator- LA
Phone: 818-643-1987

Ana Priscila Garcia
Family Engagement and College Readiness (FECR) Coordinator

Phone: (323) 391-3179

Joshua Garza
Workforce Development Coordinator - LA
Phone: 323-206-6587

Joel Gutierrez
Financial Capabilities Coordinator
Phone: 408-214-9265

Elizabeth Gomez

San Diego Workforce Development Coordinator
Phone: (619) 935-8855

Lisbeth Llamas

 Community Advancement Coordinator

Phone: 213-282-3712 

Abby Leigh
Immigration Staff Attorney
Phone: 562-270-1099

Leahkim Luansing
Com Adv Program Coord- Airports and New Divisions
Phone: 323- 205-6792

Diego Morales
Worker Voice Coordinator
Phone: 213-207-6562

Alba Mendoza Ortiz
ILS Admin Paralegal

Phone: 818-208-5030

Daniel Paredes
Compliance & Data Systems Coordinator
Phone: 323-379-4507

David Putnam
Accounting Clerk

Jeniffer Quintero
Community Adv Coordinator - OC
Phone: 714-202-6412

Cecilia Guerra Rios
Community Advancement Coordinator -
Palo Alto
Phone: 650-200-3424

Nikki Ramsy

Development and Grant Coordinator

Phone: 714 -430-3131

Alfred Silva
AP/Payroll Coordinator
Phone: 844-914-3434

Michael Siciliano
Workforce Researcher
Phone: 213-207-6579

Xitlaly Uribe
Community Adv Coordinator - San Diego
Phone: 619-259-0162

Instructors

Jael Vizcarra
Curriculum Design & Instructor Coordinator
Phone: 619-268-1173

Alba Mendoza    Liz Gonzalez
Alex Camacho    Mariana Angeles Diaz
Alice Kim       Marisela Espinosa
Andrea Tostado    Marvin Williams
Andrea Williams   Midiam Espinosa
Angela Alcerro    Nadia Flores
Areli Barrera     Nancy Caldwell
Aurora Perez     Nataly Quintero
Brian Huynh     Omar Madrid
Carmen Giraldo    Omar Perez
Carolina Martinez  Pablo Pardo
Carrie Hultgren   Robert Gibson
Edith Torres     Rosangela Oliveira
Flor Medina Leal   Sabrina Irvin
Gina Bello      Sarah Ribbers
Hilda Zamora     Sergio Martinez
Julia Steward    Sergio Zarazua
Leila Johannesen  Teresa Bustos-Herrera
Lilia Servin     Thania Moo Lucero
           Toni Richards


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Jonathan Zelaya
Workforce Dev Coord - Airports and New Sectors
Phone: 310-759-2213