Melanie Stephens co-founded Centro Latino for Literacy with Marcos Cajina and served on its Board of Directors before becoming Executive Director in 2003. The organization taught literacy and offered other educational opportunities to those who had not had access to formal education, particularly Latino immigrants. Melanie developed Centro Latino’s Spanish literacy campaign model to mobilize, train, equip, and support literate Spanish speakers in helping their non-literate friends and family members learn to read and write.
* Melanie transitioned out of her role at Centro Latino for Literacy in 2010.
