About Us

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Kathryn Lombera is a born and raised resident of this occupied Pomo Territory - aka - Sonoma County.  A graduate of Windsor High School in 2002, Kathryn continued her academics at the University of California in Santa Cruz earning her Bachelor’s degree in American Studies.  Today she lives in Windsor with her husband and 14 year old son.  Described by the Raizes Collective as Genuine, Rooted, Sweet, COLORFUL and Loving, she comes to Raizes with a lifetime of varied life and work experience and she wears many hats.  Professionally, she brings 15 years of experience in retail banking operations and project management.  Purposefully, she serves local expectant mothers and families as a traditional Indigenous birthworker of Huasteca Nahua descent offering traditional Indigenous labor and postpartum support.  She is a lifelong student of birth and her ancestral medicines and brings with her a passion for Indigenous cultural historical preservation and advocacy.

Lisa Diaz McQuaid was born and raised in Santa Rosa, Ca. Lisa is a mother of 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren. Lisa is a graduate of Ursuline High School. Lisa, a human trafficking victims advocate, mentor, educates our community and surrounding communities around human trafficking awareness and prevention, motivational speaker, and returning student with her educational goal being a Masters in Social Work. Lisa is a passionate member of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement and founded VOICE, a support group for Indigenous women who have been victimized by ceremonial exploitation. Lisa is the Co-founder of Redemption House of the Bay Area, a non-profit organization with the mission to assist those who have been trafficked find healing and freedom. Lisa continues to use her voice to spread awareness around the human trafficking epidemic and speaks her truth in hopes to  encourage other victims of trafficking to begin their healing journeys. Before the unfortunate closure, Lisa was employed with California Human Development at The Athena House/ StoneHouse working with women who are in residential treatment for drugs and alcohol, facilitating groups varying from relapse prevention, self-awareness, self-esteem, Big Book study and The Red Road to Wellbriety (the Native American 12 steps to recovery). Lisa is currently employed with Santa Rosa Community Health as a ‘Peer Health Advocate’ assisting those in our unsheltered communities. Lisa is a member of the Sonoma County Human Trafficking Task Force. Lisa received the 2022 Woman of the Year award from Congressman Mike Thompson and the 2022 ‘Spirit’ award from Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women.

Isabel Lopez is Founder and Executive Director of Raizes Collective, a non-profit in Sonoma County serving its Bilingual and Bicultural Communities.  The Raizes Collective was established in June 2015 to empower and mobilize community through the arts, culture and leadership development receiving a City of Santa Rosa Merit Award in 2017 for Strengthening Our Neighborhoods.  Lopez immigrated from Mexico at the age of 7 with her family and was the first of 8 siblings to graduate from college. She obtained her B.S. in Business from Sacramento State and was a member of M.E.Ch.A of Sacramento State, (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán) a national student organization that seeks to promote Chicano unity and empowerment through political action. Prior to her current role as executive director she held various positions at State Farm Insurance Company before retiring from her corporate position of 11 years to fulfill her dream of continuing to mobilize communities through art and culture. 

 Mi nombre es Gabriela Hernández, soy una mujer indígena originaria del  estado de Oaxaca, México, residente de Santa Rosa California desde el  año 2020.

Actualmente soy Organizadora de ALMAS Libres, programa  de la Colectiva Raizes, una organización de empoderamiento cultural y  político en el Condado de Sonoma, una organización de mujeres  Inmigrantes e Indígenas quienes crecen su poder individual y colectivo a  través del desarrollo de liderazgo y campañas organizativas.

Mi pasión es ayudar a mi comunidad latina, abogar por nuestros derechos y organizar por la justicia y equidad.

Me encanta viajar, conocer lugares mágicos y pasar tiempo con mi familia.
 

 Mi  nombre es Socorro Díaz Rojas nací en el estado Oaxaca México; Soy la  número Once de quince hermanos, inmigré a este país en busca del sueño  Americano , a los 23 años arrive acá con mi familia siendo ellos el  motor que me hicieron tomar esa difícil decisión . Y la necesidad de  sobrevivir  Me he interesado en apoyar en mi comunidad, es algo que me  gusta hacer ahora como Organizadora de ALMAS LIBRES Raíces collective,  Me siento aún más  feliz de poder apoyar. Aunque extraño cosas de mi  país como es la comida y definitivamente mi familia amo lo que he  construido acá.  Me gusta el condado de Sonoma y me encanta la  naturaleza. 

Daysi Carreno inmigrante de Michoacán, México me gusta disfrutar de mi familia, bailar, y tomar café. He sido madre activa en las escuelas de Roseland por 19 años, mi transformación de liderazgo comunitario empezó en 2017 con el Equipo en defensa de inmigrantes de North Bay Organizing Project enfocado en retos de inmigrantes indocumentados después de desastres naturales. Mi trabajo como organizadora de ALMAS libres me está ayudando a crecer y aprender más sobre la necesidades que hay en las mujeres inmigrantes e indígenas. Mi visión es tener un condado con justicia del lenguaje que se respeten los derechos de las mujeres y les trabajadores inmigrantes, creo firmemente que les jóvenes son la voz de un futuro mejor, orgullosa ser parte de esta comunidad llena de ESPERANZA.