About
Rita Mancera Hernandez was born in Mexico City and raised in Baja California Sur, and began nonprofit work as a teenager, including time with the YMCA of Mexico and the Latin American and Caribbean Alliance of YMCAs. She joined Puente in 2006 and has served as its Executive Director since January 2016, working on immigration legal services, adult education, youth leadership, economic development, and affordable housing. She holds a master's degree in Education from Universidad YMCA in Mexico City and is a fellow of the American Leadership Fellowship Education Class of XVIII.
Colleagues at Silicon Valley
Aarthi Ramaswamy
Partner Champion to Parent Voices Oakland at Silicon Valley
Aarti Chandna
SV2 Board Member at Silicon Valley
Bill Brownell
SV2 Board Treasurer at Silicon Valley
Brittny Bottorff
Partner Champion to Oasis Legal Services at Silicon Valley
Byron Hill
Partner Champion to Kit Switch at Silicon Valley
Catherine Crystal Foster
Partner Champion to Oasis Legal Services at Silicon Valley
Celeste Ford
Partner Champion to Harvest Thermal at Silicon Valley
Charity Silkebakken
Youth Development Grant Round Co-Leader; Partner Champion to MyPath at Silicon Valley