Staff

Nicole is a Greeley native who returned to Colorado in 2005 after living for 11 years in Ohio, Michigan, and Washington, DC. An Oberlin College graduate (1998) with majors in African-American Studies and Women's Studies, Nicole joined CPC in 2007 following our first Greeley Chapter Meeting. Nicole brings 13 years of experience working for progressive social change, especially on racial and economic justice and LGBTQ rights issues. For CPC's Northern Colorado regional program, she brings a passion for - and great experience in - coalition-based work to connect issues and communities.

Miriam joined CPC in 2005 as our grassroots fundraising coordinator and grew into the Development Director position. In December 2010, Miriam was selected to transition into the Co-Executive Director position.  A 2007 graduate of the University of Denver, she majored in Public Policy and Communication. Miriam was born in Cd. Juarez, Mexico, coming to the U.S. when she was 6 months old.  A graduate of Denver’s West H.S., Miriam has been a part of immigrant justice efforts, including CPC’s language disparities work where she focused on mono-lingual Spanish speaking immigrant communities. She is also a Board Member for Rights for all people, and Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, both immigrant rights organizations.

Sarah joined the CPC in January of 2011. She is a Colorado native and
earned a B.A. from the University of Colorado in Political Science and
English (Writing). She has a background in fundraising, event
planning, nonprofit management, and multimedia.  She worked as an
Editorial Director for a Colorado based magazine before leaving to
become more active in the community and explore working for a variety
of nonprofits.  She worked most recently with Latina Initiative on
fundraising activities and the Tesoro Cultural Center as the Director
of Development & Administration for three years. She enjoys working
with funders and members of the community and is enthusiastic about
using new technologies to enhance grassroots fundraising efforts. She
is also a certified Hot Yoga teacher, and practices yoga in her free
time.

Corrine is a seventh generation native of Colorado and has studied and experienced the economic transformations that Colorado has undergone in recent decades and this has steered her commitment to economic justice.  Corrine is dedicated to minimizing inequality and supporting public policies that will lessen the disparities for low-income populations and people of color.  She has focused on social issues throughout her academic and professional career and is passionate about the need to educate and empower communities in order for them to advocate for policy changes that reflect the needs of all peoples.  She has a background in public policy, nonprofit management, development, coalition building, and development.   Corrine lives in Denver with her two wonderful boys and a crazy Goldendoodle, who provide her with continuing motivation to ensure that policies in Colorado are supporting all residents in the twenty-first century.

Jenny started working at CPC as an intern in the Racial Justice Program in 2010, helping to pass legislation against racial profiling. After doing grassroots organizing for Denver's rape crisis center, she began her current position as a CPC community organizer in September 2011. She is a recent graduate of the Center for Progressive Leadership’s leadership training program. Before moving to Denver from Berlin in 2008, Jenny, a native German, completed a master’s degree in Political Science with a thesis on racism and the U.S. prison-industrial complex. She is passionate about criminal justice reform and has been volunteering as a tutor at a halfway house.

Mu Son's family immigrated to the U.S. when he was two years old from Seoul, South Korea. He grew up in the small town of Temple, Texas and has lived in Colorado for the last 20 years. Mu Son has spent the last decade working with grassroots groups to build power in our communities.  He draws his inspiration from work with the community at organizations like Centro Humanitario, Chinook Fund, and Let Us Rise.  If you see Mu Son around town riding his bicycle, feel free to say Hi!