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Marvink Correa, Information Technology
marvink@rap-dpt.org
(303) 893-3500 x100
Hired in June 2006, Marvink is highly motivated to give back to his community in the way he has been helped over the years. He earned his Associate Degree in Information Technology at Community College of Denver. He is A+ certified and runs RAP’s network, web-site and all technology aspects of the organization.

Lisa Durán, Executive Director
lisa@rap-dpt.org
(303) 893-3500 x102
Trained as a community organizer in Los Angeles at the Labor/Community Strategy Center, Lisa also has extensive experience with nonprofits. She was the first executive director of the Clínica Tepeyac in Denver, and has provided leadership over numerous years for organizations such as the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training, the Highlander Center, and Colorado Jobs with Justice. She chairs the board of the Colorado Progressive Coalition. A founding member of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, she serves on the National Council of the Campaign for Community Values at the Center for Community Change. She was the first recipient of the Ralph L. Carr Award from the ACLU of Colorado. Previously a volunteer with RAP, she began working as its half-time director in August 2003, and became full-time in April of 2004. She has an M.A. in Political Science from U.C. Riverside and will shortly receive her MPA from the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Judith Marquez, Civic Engagement Organizer. 
judith@rap-dpt.org
(303) 893-3500 x103 

Judith started with Rights for All People in January 2010, after two years of experience as a leader with RAP. As a leader, she led many Know Your Rights workshops, organized with students at an Aurora high school to ensure their participation in key events for immigration reform, represented RAP at national meetings in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and led RAP delegations with various elected and appointed officials at the state, local and national level.  Judith has her B.A. in Modern Languages with an emphasis in French and a minor in Political Science from Metro State College in Denver.  She lives in Aurora, and is inspired by the work and perseverance of her parents who immigrated from Zacatecas, Mexico and through the years have created a good future for their family.  Judith is honored to be part of RAP’s work and is committed to involve her community in the movement for justice in this country.

Emily Parkey, Lead Organizer
emily@rap-dpt.org

(303) 893-3500 x105
With over 7 years of experience working with Latino/a immigrant communities in rural Kentucky, Emily moved to Colorado in 2004 to pursue a master's degree in community based Social Work with an emphasis on work with Latino/a communities. In 2005, Emily joined RAP as a volunteer intern, where she received extensive training in the art and science of community organizing with immigrants. In 2007, Emily joined RAP's organizing team as lead organizer.
 
RAP also counts on the support of various interns from various universities and community based organizations.

 

 

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