Staff

Marcos Marcos Martinez
Executive Director

Marcos is a Chicano from East L.A., who came to Seattle after spending more than twenty years in ALbuquerque, NM. He has extensive managment and administrative expereience from his previous career in community radio. He has a Masters degree in Telecommunications Management, and is a longtime LGBT ally.

 

Sergio Miranda
Acting Program Manager

Sergio Miranda, of Mexican origin, coordinates all the events that Entre Hermanos holds throughout the year in Seattle and Washington State. He has accumulated a great deal of experience in publicity, volunteer coordination, decoration, and logistics.

Martha Zúñiga
Anti-tobacco Educator

Martha was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, where she graduated in communication sciences from U.A.C.J. and worked for 10 years at a border town television station in Cuidad Juarez. She then dedicated herself to teaching Spanish and social sciences in high schools and private universities for the next 15 years.

She currently works at Entre Hermanos in its anti-tobacco program, performing community outreach and writing articles for the Seattle Gay News. She is also an anchor for Radio Entérate.

 

Luis Fernando Ramirez
Volunteer Coordinator

Luis has a degree in Accounting, and is the thirteenth child in a traditional Mexican family. He was born in the state of Sonora, and also lived in Mexico City for 15 years. In addition to his work as Volunteer Coordinator, Luis Fernando also manages our Youth program, and is a facilitator for our Many Men, Many Voices program.

 

 

 

Laura Pedroza
Co-Coordinator, Women's Program

Laura was born in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua. She's worked as a carpenter, elections trainer, and adult literacy instructor. She has been a volunteer with Entre Hermanos in our radio program Enterate and is also a founder of our Diverse Women program.

 

 

Rafael Velazquez
Peer Educator

Rafa was born and raised on the eastside of the mountains and moved to Seattle to pursue a B.A. in Comparative Ethnic Studies and Political Science from the University of Washington. While at UW, he was involved in various LGBTQ and Latino/Chicano organizations through which he became passionate about issues affecting the Latino LGBTQ community.