Email: francisco_at_preventioninstitute_dot_org

Francisco primarily supports our People, Parks, and Power (P3) initiative and prior to joining PI had collaborated in recent parks and open space advocacy projects such as the Park Equity, Life Expectancy and Power Building, the Built Environment Policy Advocacy Fund program, as well as a number of cross-cutting efforts like PI’s CA COVID-19 CBO report. 

Francisco brings his expertise and experience to PI’s healthy and equitable built environment and land use efforts, and he currently serves on both the County of Los Angeles’ Parks Needs Assessment Coalition as well as the City of Los Angeles’ Parks Needs Assessment Steering Committee, both impacting future parks, stormwater capture, and greenspace investments for the region.  

Prior to joining PI, Francisco worked as Program Manager for Community Transformation at Promesa Boyle Heights, tasked with  community capacity-building and leadership development, coalition-building and initiatives that have resulted in key budget and policy impacts that benefit high and very high park needs in Los Angeles County communities. Francisco also served as co-lead convener for the Park Equity Alliance organizing for procedural, structural and distributional justice in the parks (Measure A) and water (Measure W) local funding programs. Via ReDesignLA, he has also served as a mentor for multiple organizations on best practices toward policy-impact and community engagement for the development of multi-benefit projects across Los Angeles. Francisco has been an advocate locally and nationally, was a sitting member of Infrastructure Justice Los Angeles and formerly a core member of the Water Equity and Climate Resilience Caucus.