OUR TEAM

   
Cultural and Education Coordinator / Alix Cerón (She/They)

Morrx from Tijuana with studies in visual arts and psychology. Personally I express myself from photography, illustration and engraving. Professionally in the management of workshops in visual arts. I am interested in the social-political changes that arise from the organization as well as the sharing of ideas and resources.

 

 

 

 

 
Care and Management Coordinator / Edith Mendez (She/Her)

I have a degree in Social Work with a community focus from the University of Guanajuato. Woman feminist, pansexual, partner of IVE (Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy), activist and artist. I have collaborated with different civil associations and institutions accompanying community organizational processes, attention to the gender violence, community cultural management and intervention with the migrant population, members of native peoples, LGBT+ and women in vulnerable situations.

 

       

 

Communications Coordinator / Natalia Torres (She/Her)

Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Master in Regional Development from the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, (COLEF), I have focused the last few years on the analysis of international migration and collaborated with civil organizations that they work in the defense of human rights of the migrant population in Tijuana from the area of ​​social communication. I believe in defense, in the fight and in the power to make visible.

 

 

 

 

 

 
Night Shift Manager, Andrea Solis (They/Them)

TRANSdiscipline mutante creature. With a finished Bachelor’s degree in Art at Universidad Autnoma de Baja California (UABC). For about four years I been experimenting in the development of safe spaces -a bit more- for the free sharing of knowledge, creative magic and Dionysian rebellions of the diverse-dissident community (migrant and not) in Tijuana. At the moment, I am involved in the pedagogic exploration of action art with workshops and live laboratories, in addition to my current artistic practice.

 

 

 

Co founder and administrative director, Nicolasa Cordova (She/Her) 

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For Casa Arcoiris it is very important to respect and preserve the trust and right to privacy of our team members. Personal information is always treated in confidentially and in accordance with the laws, regulations and principles applicable to the protection of personal data.

 

 

 

 

 
Operations Director, Andrea González Vera (She/Her)

I have a degree in Social Work, Master in Social Work with a mention in communities and territories, both degrees obtained at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. Master in Gender Studies from the Colegio de México and PhD in Cultural Studies from the Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Professor, feminist activist and sexual dissidence.

 

 

 

 

Weekend Shift Manager, Fanny Hernández Martínez (She/Her) 

My name is Fanny Hernández Martínez, a trans woman from Acapulco, Guerrero. I love the beautiful port where I grew up, then I migrated to Tijuana where I was an activist for a few years, I fought for the human rights of us trans women, I supported Víctor Clark Alfaro, Binational Director of Human Rights at that time. Later I was co-founder of the first Center for Comprehensive Care for Trans People (Caipt A.C) worked together with INMUJER. I studied a diploma in Theater and participated in a play that premiered at the Tijuana Cultural Center (Cecut) entitled “Meztli-TRANSitar”, a biodrama about my life. My motto is “trans women are not born in the wrong bodies”. I was born a trans woman. From my childhood until today I continue to deconstruct myself. I consider myself a restless, measuring person, a good listener and what I don’t know I ask.

 

 
Weekend Shift Manager, Ya’xk’in García Rodríguez (He)

My name is Ya’xk’in García Rodríguez, born on July 16, 1993, originally from the state of Puebla, Bachelor of Philosophy. Son of political activists in favor of the rescue of our indigenous roots, knowledge and sacred territories. From the teachings of my mother and father, I began to participate in collective and community work at the age of 18. With collectives in Tijuana, Oaxaca and Mexico City, as well as in Chile, in some in the elaboration of community projects/workshops, with the intention of re-weaving the social fabric broken by structural violence, I also collaborated in the reappropriation of spaces abandoned for their political use in order to socialize knowledge and also in their politicization among the community. I currently participate in groups and organizations in support of the labor and humanitarian rights of undocumented people in the United States and Puerto Rico, creating workshops and talks that incite one way or another to counteract collective traumatization leading to its transformation into political action.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 
Co founder and Sub Director, Andrea Gaspar (She/Her)

I am a community organizer in the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Kumeyaay territory. I am in the process of obtaining my PhD in Ethnic Studies from the University of California San Diego. I have worked with ACLU SDIC, the Center for Policy Initiatives (CPI), the Rincon Youth Storytellers (RYS) in the Payómkawichum Nation in northern San Diego, and in coalition projects, political awareness and storytelling. I base my work on the fight for recognition of native peoples’ Nations, the intersectional struggles of black communities, migrants, women, and the LGBTQ+ community.

 

 

 
Co founder, Christopher Chambers (They/Them)

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For Casa Arcoiris it is very important to respect and preserve the trust and right to privacy of our team members. Personal information is always treated in confidentially and in accordance with the laws, regulations and principles applicable to the protection of personal data. 

 

 

 

 

 
Liliana Hueso (She/Her)

“I have a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Science Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (ITESO) and a Master’s degree in Photography from the Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana (Ibero Tijuana). I am a lesbian binational citizen, teacher, producer, photographer and activist. I have extensive experience in teaching and conducting audiovisual media and photography workshops, organizing community events, exhibition of photography and performing independent cinema functions on both sides of the border. I am passionate about social justice, and through my photographs and videos I manage to visibilize issues affecting segregated groups, especially with themes of women and the LGBTIQ community. As an activist at the border, my work maintains a perspective that shown through my photographs and the stories embodied.”