Araceli Centeno
MPH
About
McCune Foundation -- Program Officer
Araceli currently serves as a Program Officer for the McCune Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering and mobilizing excluded populations in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Araceli was born in Ventura, CA, to farm working parents and grew up in Oxnard’s Colonia neighborhood. She has a B.A. from San Francisco State University and an MPH from Keck School of medicine at USC. She has worked as a community organizer conducting direct actions, tackling issues such as environmental justice, workers’ rights, and gentrification. Araceli has trained and mentored aspiring organizers in topics such as campaign building, grassroots fundraising, direct actions, community building, and other organizing tactics. Araceli is a firm believer that people have the power to build healthy self-autonomous communities through community organizing.