Nancy Halpern Ibrahim joined Esperanza Community Housing Corporation in 1995 as the founding Director of Health Programs, and since 2006 serves as Executive Director. Esperanza works to achieve comprehensive and long-term community development in the Figueroa Corridor neighborhood of South-Central Los Angeles. Beyond Esperanza, Ibrahim is a founding Board Member of TRUST South LA, the South Los Angeles Health and Human Rights Coalition, the Los Angeles Healthy Homes Collaborative, and the Better Neighborhood: Same Neighbors Coalition.