Our twenty-three RISE Fellows for the 2017 program year represent some of San Diego’s best and brightest community leaders, activists, practitioners, and agents of social change. They have demonstrated their experience in and commitment to a variety of issues affecting urban communities across San Diego, including education, urban planning and redevelopment, food justice, and gang violence prevention.

MAUREEN “MOE” ABUGAN

KAMERON BACON

LOU BARRIOS

RYAN BEAL

JENNIFER BUSTAMANTE

CHRISTINA CONTRERAS

KELSEY DANIELS

JASMINE DARNELL

SIMONE EDWARDS

SEAN ELO

TORAZZI HAYSLETT

SHARON LARIOS

SKYLER McCURINE

MONICA MONTGOMERY

MARK MORENO

ARNOLD NORIEGA

MARY PENETRANTE

CARMELIN RIVERA

AMANPREET SANDHU

TARYELL SIMMONS

ANDREW STRONG

HILDA “GRACIE” URIARTE

SALINA VILLEGAS