Cecilia Sáenz Becerra

Cecilia Sáenz Becerra was the Regional Field Manager for the NWHN’s Raising Women’s Voices initiative through 2017, centering the voices of women, women of color, low-income women, and members of the LGBT community in the implementation and defense of the Affordable Care Act. Cecilia provided support, strategy and technical assistance to front-line advocates and grassroots organizers across the country doing reproductive health, rights, and justice politics, with a particular focus in the South. She has experience in labor organizing, civic engagement, grassroots organizing, managing coalitions and various campaigns, including immigrant, education, and economic justice in the South and Southwest.

Cecilia is a Board Member of SisterLove and an Advisory Council member for the Southern Equality Fund at the Campaign for Southern Equality. Cecilia has a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Arizona State University. Cecilia continues to work for women’s and transgender rights by co-founding Repeal Coalition and by serving on the board of directors for Groundswell Fund.