About us
The Borderland Rainbow Center’s mission is to create a community space in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex (LGBTQI) people and their allies can heal, grow, and empower themselves and others.
This substance-free space is governed and run according to ethically sound standards and research-based best practices for (LGBTQI) people and their allies. The BRC connects LGBTQI people to resources for improved physical and mental health, economic stability, legal rights, education, spiritual and cultural enrichment.
OUR BOARD:
Since the inception of the BRC, our board has embodied a myriad of diverse identities. Including current and past board members, they identify as lesbian, gay, queer, bisexual, genderqueer, straight allies, transgender women, transgender men, nonbinary people, parents of transgender kids, parents of straight kids, Mexican American, Iranian/Mexican American, African American, Caucasian, Latinx, native-born El Pasoan, transplants to El Paso, bilingual, multi-lingual, working-class people, middle-class people, veterans, and members of military families.
Cristina Calvillo-Rivera, MA
President
Vacant
Treasurer
Freddie Jauregui
Board Member-at-Large
Jocelyn Stout
Youth Advocate Board Member
Isidro Torres
Vice President
Parsa Mohammadi
Board Member-at-Large
Jennifer Dahlgren-Richardson
Board Member-at-Large
Porsha Brown, JD, MPA
Secretary
Kyle Erwin, PhD
Board Member-at-Large
Vacant
Board Member-at-Large
Vacant
Youth Advocate Board Member
Our Executive Director:
Brenda Risch, PhD, LMSW
Executive Director
Our Program Director:
Victoria Doster, BSW
Program Director
To contact staff, email:
Other Staff:
Julie Lucas
Building & Food Pantry Manager
Ralph Martin
Custodian
Maria Escamilla
Volunteer/Outreach Coordinator
Ashley Heidebrecht, LMSW
Training Development Consultant
Robert Lee
Refugee Food Coordinator
OTher Volunteer Staff:
Vacant
GSA/Youth Outreach Coordinator
Joey Mazzuca
MSW Intern