Quirina Vallejos is a Chicana who grew up in Colorado, participated in Latine student groups in high school and college and discovered a passion for social justice by participating in spring break community service trips while an undergraduate at Duke University. Quirina earned a Master of Public Health focused on community health education at the […]
Diana Ibarra
Diana Ibarra began working with the NC Farmworkers project in 2020. Her initial work focused around the needs of the pandemic, primarily working with farmworkers to coordinate Covid testing and vaccinations. In her current role as an outreach coordinator, Diana coordinates field visits and provides farmworkers with a variety of services including transportation, interpretation, and […]
Neissly Tapia
Neissly Tapia is originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, in the beautiful Tarahumara mountains. She is the youngest of nine children and arrived to the United States when she was 15 years old. Through the years, she has discovered that serving the community is her passion, especially the migrant community, because she has experienced their fears and […]
Balbina Cerro
Balbina Cerro first became involved with farmworkers as a volunteer working with various nonprofits at local health fairs in her community. In this capacity she learned about the available resources and about the importance of preventative health care through education. Balbina has extensive past experience as a community educator, including working with March of Dimes and […]
Maria Elena Mejia
Maria Elena Mejia, originally from Honduras, joined the North Carolina Farmworkers Project as an Outreach Worker is 2010. Maria currently serves as the Lead Outreach Worker and the Coordinator of the Benson Health Clinic. She also coordinates many visits for farmworker who need to be seen by specialists. Working with farmworkers brings Maria such love, […]
Janeth Tapia
Janeth Tapia began working with the North Carolina Farmworkers Project in 2000 as an AmeriCorps volunteer providing health education to women farmworkers. Janeth was originally drawn to working with the agricultural community because she saw that they were some of the least privileged people with the most significant needs in the rural areas where she […]
Ana Beltran
Ana Beltran loves working with farmworkers and enjoys taking the time to get to know each of their personalities and learn about their different cultures. She also loves working as a team with her NCFWP coworkers where she works hard to practice open communication which allows her and the entire team to achieve more together. […]
Gabriela Elvir (Vicky)
Gabriela Elvir finished her high school and some college studies in her native country of Honduras. She began working at the NC Farmworkers’ Project as an AmeriCorps volunteer, training farmworkers in health education topics of pesticide safety and heat illness. In December 2012 she graduated as a Safe AmeriCorps. Afterwards, she began work at the […]
Leonardo Galvan
Leonardo Galvan currently works as an outreach worker in the health program, where he leads a promotores program with farmworkers, inviting workers themselves to be lay health leaders among their peers. Before serving in this capacity at the Project, for 13 years he conducted research projects with Wake Forest University, where he gained experience in […]