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Alejandra Aguilar
Statewide Prevention Program Specialist

alejandra@cpedv.org | Alejandra Aguilar, gender pronouns: she/her/hers, Mexico-United Statian, and formerly undocumented, is Program Specialist at the Partnership, leading the statewide prevention efforts.

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Paul Castro
Interim Executive Director

paul@cpedv.org | Paul Castro comes to the Partnership with over 30 years of leadership experience at Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (JFS). Serving for 18 years as its President and CEO, he was the chief spokesperson and advocate for the multi-service agency serving over 100,000 individuals and families and overseeing a $35 million annual budget.

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Melanie Choy
Administrative Coordinator

Melanie@cpedv.org | Melanie Choy brings over 12 years of nonprofit experience from both sides of the grant funding – as a grantee working in programs management and development in the areas of sustainable agriculture, food access, donor and grant management and in grantmaking at the regional level with a focus on cultural competency and health access.  She graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a BA in Politics and Government.&

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Natalie Diaz Mondragon
Administrative Assistant

NatalieM@cpedv.org | Natalie works as an administrative assistant. She is a graduate of Sacramento State where she attained a B.A. in government with a concentration in international relations. She has professional experience in state government, non-profit, and campaign finance sectors.  Her diverse background and experiences have led her to be an advocate for women and immigrant rights as she seeks to bring an equitable perspective into her work.

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Michell Franklin, M.A.
Capacity Building Program Manager

michell@cpedv.org | Michell has been in social services for 25 years. After attaining her B.A. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991, she began working with underrepresented populations in the Bay Area.Upon graduation from U.C. Berkeley, Michell was voted the recipient of the Louise Patterson African American Female Graduate of the Year for her social services work on campus and in the Bay Area community.

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Melissa Guajardo
Administrative Director

melissa@cpedv.org | Melissa Guajardo, MPH has over 15 years experience in non-profit management. She received her Masters in Public Health from Boston University and has spent the years since learning about non-profit administration and leadership while working on issues ranging from HIV prevention, nutrition, social justice and food access.

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Cibonay Jimenez
Capacity Building Program Coordinator

cibonay@cpedv.org | Cibonay Jimenez (formerly Cordova) has over 20 years of professional experience in the Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, Mental Health, Social Services, Health Care, and Substance Abuse fields. Cibonay’s passion for this work derives from her rich history and experience as a DV/SA survivor and Native (Cazan Guamares/Yaqui)/Chicana woman.

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Jasmeen Kairam
Capacity Building Coordinator

jasmeen@cpedv.org | Jasmeen Kairam is the Capacity Building Coordinator at the Partnership. Jasmeen was introduced to the world of social injustices, specifically human trafficking, while attending California State University, Chico in 2012. She spent her undergrad years raising awareness about human trafficking and its prevalence to her peers, professors and community members.

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Marcella Maggio
Prevention Coordinator

marcella@cpedv.org | Marcella Maggio is a Prevention Coordinator for the Partnership who is passionate about her work due to her personal Survivor experience. In 2010 Marcella was introduced to the CDC’s ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study and discovered she had no awareness that her childhood trauma contributed to adulthood drama: victim mentality, blaming others, and shaming herself.

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Neha Malik
Administrative Assistant

neha@cpedv.org | Neha recently graduated from Willamette University with a B.A. in English literature with an emphasis in Critical Race and Subaltern studies. She has spent the last four years advocating for women’s and immigrants’ rights. and brings her identity as a first-generation woman of color to all her work. She is devoted to enacting progressive change in an interdisciplinary and culturally-aware manner. 

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Jacquie Marroquin
Director of Programs

jacquie@cpedv.org | Jacquie Marroquin began her work in the violence against women movement in 2001 working with domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in the Central Valley. Jacquie has managed programs, provided domestic violence, sexual assault and anti-oppression trainings at local, statewide and national levels.

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Jessica Merrill
Communications Manager

jessica@cpedv.org | Jessica Merrill is the Communications Manager at the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (the Partnership). Her goal is to create a rich, engaging dialogue across California to increase knowledge of domestic violence as a public health crisis–and to promote equitable solutions that prevent trauma and support survivors. By providing communications tools to the Partnership’s member programs and all Californians, she works to shift social norms that contribute to domestic violence through social and traditional media advocacy.

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Christina Nicosia
Meeting & Event Specialist

christina@cpedv.org | Christina Nicosia is the Meeting & Event Specialist for the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence. Originally from New York City, she relocated to Sacramento in 2009 to obtain her bachelor’s degree, graduating magna cum laude from California State University, Sacramento.

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Krista Niemczyk, MPP
Public Policy Manager

krista@cpedv.org | Krista Niemczyk is the Public Policy Manager for the Partnership where she represents domestic violence programs throughout California at various government agencies, including the California State legislature. Through this advocacy, Krista ensures that the voices of domestic violence programs and survivors are heard and reflected in public policies.

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Christine Smith
Public Policy Coordinator

christine@cpedv.org | Christine Smith has a Masters in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco with a concentration in health care. She also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Miranda Stiers
Capacity Building Program Specialist

miranda@cpedv.org | Miranda began working in the movement to stop domestic violence and sexual assault in 2003. During this time they have provided services for survivors, worked in collaboratives with county organizations, managed programs and provided domestic violence, sexual assault and LGBTQI inclusion trainings.

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Mercedes Tune
Capacity-Building Program Specialist

mercedes@cpedv.org | Mercedes works as a Capacity Building Project Specialist at the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence. She brings to the Partnership a broad and rich international perspective on cultural dynamics and social justice, based on her experience with diverse populations in Mexico and the USA. She has been a community organizer, a manager of Education and Health affairs for refugee populations, and a project designer consultant.

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