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Alejandra is the Founder and President of Leadership for Social Justice and has worked for mission-driven organizations advocating for policies to protect the environment, women’s reproductive health rights, and increasing the number of women in elected office who support reproductive health choices for all. In addition to facilitating a culture of learning that enables leaders and changemakers to build and run more effective organizations, Alejandra leverages organizational development strategies to center racial justice and equity within organizational culture, systems, and processes. Alejandra graduated from Trinity Washington University with a Master’s in Nonprofit Management. https://www.equitablecomms.com/betsy-lopez-wagner daily 0.75 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/45ae7ffe-9407-4458-8b06-56deb1a4cd75/BLW%2Bheadshot+%281%29.png Betsy López-Wagner - Betsy López-Wagner Betsy López-Wagner is our principal. She has worked alongside attorneys, lobbyists, and coalition partners to safeguard the health of communities, protect clean air and water, fight arctic drilling, and protect the ocean’s resources. She's co-devised strategies alongside grassroots activists to ensure their power is seen, heard, and felt from regional to national and international levels by developing a culture of storytelling that elevates authentic personal narratives to emotionally connect with audiences and inspire action. Betsy's committed to supporting the growth of an inclusive conservation movement to strengthen state, national and international-level priorities to protect our environment, democracy, and above all, people—especially those on the frontlines of an increasingly warming planet, rising ocean, and climate and social injustices. Betsy’s expertise is in environmental, bilingual and equitable communications, media relations and campaigns, as well as inclusive grantmaking with a racial justice lens. She is a mentor, coach, trainer, storyteller and DEI practitioner. In April 2021, she was appointed and confirmed to one of 15 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seats on the Office of National Marine Sanctuary's (ONMS) Business Advisory Council. She is on the Board of Directors for The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and She is an advisory group member for Heartwired to Love the Ocean, a project of Wonder: Strategies for Good and Goodwin Simon Strategic Research. She is also actively involved in grassroots level organizing, community projects and supporting organizations working for social good. Her work is motivated by the community she was born and grew up in, a neighborhood outside of Chicago surrounded by industrial facilities. During her tenure at David and Lucile Packard Foundation she led Ocean Communications on the most pressing issues in global ocean conservation. She advised and introduced opportunities to move over $2.5 million dollars to new grantees representing organizations led by people of color and women of color, and focused on ocean-climate journalism, and was one of three co-founders of the Foundation’s first affinity and employee resource groups. She served as Communications Director for LCV’s Chispa and was the first Bilingual Press Secretary (Spanish) at Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm. Prior to her work in the nonprofit sector, Betsy worked for media outlets in Illinois, California and was an award-winning journalist and freelance writer. Nearly two decades ago, her work in Public Affairs began at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and has a leadership certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. She and her husband, a stay-at-home parent, gardener, environmental education advocate, are the parents of a 10-year-old lepidopterist and climate activist. Together they farm and their family hosts Amigos for Monarchs, an annual pollinator project led by their young child. It provides native milkweed seed kits to loved ones and perfect strangers across the nation every spring. https://www.equitablecomms.com/rebecca-lopez daily 0.75 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/0c5371a8-28b1-424f-8ebd-4d8e8a521aed/ColorHeadshots_LWSJohnson_001.JPG Rebecca López - Rebecca López Rebecca López leads Financial Operations as a Director for López-Wagner Strategies. Rebecca is a Mexican American artist living in Chicago, IL. The youngest daughter of an immigrant father and first generation Mexican American mother, she attended Columbia College Chicago, graduating with honors and a BFA in Fashion Design in 2012. She further advanced in study of Business Administration. Working as both an artist and a retail manager and financial coordinator, she is well versed in what it takes to make a business run smoothly and the level of organization and attention it requires; from graphic design to finances she believes that a solid foundation is the first step to building a larger vision. https://www.equitablecomms.com/gabriela-ruelas daily 0.75 2021-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/1638495138786-L5TI6OWGK09GT4LP1FVV/d07d3dda-a3bc-49ae-928c-ca1e4e7e56f9.jpg Gabriela Ruelas - Gabriela Ruelas Gabriela Ruelas is the Lead Translation Specialist for López-Wagner Strategies. A self-proclaimed fan of the printed word in both English and Spanish, Gaby's career includes stints as a translator, copy editor, ESL instructor and journalist. As a translation specialist, Gaby feels special pride in crafting messaging that is clear and reflective of the precise original tone and language used. Many years in the newsroom has made her especially aware of the importance of meeting tight deadlines without compromise. In the last nine years, she has concentrated her work in the translation of environmental topics, which has expanded her personal interest in the environmental movement and clean energies. Gaby is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism and Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico, with a degree in ESL and Spanish instruction. https://www.equitablecomms.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://www.equitablecomms.com/lucila-garcia daily 0.75 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/a159fb32-8bf1-4a33-a755-52657968ef8d/ColorHeadshots_Johnson_01L.JPG Lucila Garcia - Lucila Garcia Lucila Garcia serves as a Media Relations Specialist for López-Wagner Strategies. Lucila Garcia is a communications practitioner with expert knowledge in public affairs advocacy and public relations outreach efforts. As a 20-year communications veteran, she has cemented relationships with statewide and national companies in education, healthcare, finance, small business, and energy by creating innovative strategic plans to accomplish public policy and legislative change. As a fluent bilingual and bicultural professional, Garcia develops and guides messaging for clients to influence Latino constituents and legislators as needed. Born in Los Angeles where she still resides, Lucila is actively involved in city boards and commissions and nonprofit groups. https://www.equitablecomms.com/home daily 1.0 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/9e38ee43-98f9-467f-ac5a-6f57805161dc/4.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/ae1f8f4f-bb74-4f67-8d43-750d52aae09a/1.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/a8788a93-9f84-4163-962a-da7a9cf9ac41/5.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/0e409713-915f-4fff-97bb-4cef54e25f6c/Pisces+Foundation.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/c37e88ad-8a2a-4452-9ee9-b165aacf35cf/Justice+Outside.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/967d9cda-d64b-4adb-be7b-2aa58b2de098/LWS+Client+Logo-06.jpg https://www.equitablecomms.com/johanavicente-1 daily 0.75 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/875ddb77-4edd-4851-92e8-80c5662af13d/ColorHeadshots_Johnson_006.JPG Jo Vicente - Jo Vicente Jo Vicente is a Senior Strategist for López-Wagner Strategies. Johana Vicente is a proud Ecuadorian immigrant and a leader in the environmental movement. Throughout her career, Johana has been a fierce advocate for climate justice solutions that center the leadership of people of color and result in equitable outcomes. Her extensive expertise includes community organizing and mobilizing, advocacy, coalition building, program, team and project management, planning, and institutional fundraising. Johana has worked to develop programs and campaigns to organize local communities to advocate for community-led climate solutions. In recent years, her advocacy work has focused on clean, heavy-duty transportation advocacy, particularly school bus electrification. This has included campaign planning and execution and coalition building to ensure that local, state, and federal governments prioritize the health of low-income communities of color. Johana has also focused on program overall management to ensure success and sustainability, including fundraising, budget management, team development, and effective planning and implementation. Johana and her family moved to the United States from Loja, Ecuador, at age 12 and currently reside in Montgomery County, Maryland. https://www.equitablecomms.com/raul-audelo daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/af944024-8778-4c7c-a075-1577c8691b27/Raul.jpg Raul Audelo - Raul Audelo Raul Audelo is a mission-driven communications and nonprofit leader with over 15 years of experience building narrative power, strengthening coalitions, and driving measurable impact across diverse communities. Raul has led national and statewide communications initiatives across advocacy, civic engagement, and membership-based organizations. As Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at the National Recreation and Park Association, he aligned national messaging across teams and implemented performance metrics that strengthened stakeholder engagement and institutional positioning. At the Association of Latino Professionals for America, he led a full digital transformation that increased engagement by 20 percent and secured a $2 million partnership grant through storytelling campaigns celebrating cultural pride and resilience. During his tenure at Earthjustice, he directed a comprehensive website redesign, drove a 31.8 percent year-over-year increase in fundraising, and increased year-end online revenue by $500,000 through data-informed digital strategy. A bilingual strategist with deep experience in coalition environments, Raul views communications as movement infrastructure. He brings a collaborative, equity-centered approach that combines narrative clarity, digital systems, and measurable outcomes to help organizations expand influence and advance policy impact. https://www.equitablecomms.com/select-samples daily 0.75 2025-08-01 https://www.equitablecomms.com/layla-robertson daily 0.75 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a564f0766fd36658f3440b/3c51566e-8fc6-4d37-9301-fc07b99f4e6b/Layla+Bio+Photo.png Layla Robertson - Layla Robertson Layla Robertson is the Digital Associate for López-Wagner Strategies. Layla is an artist and college student living in West Michigan. A recent honors graduate from her former high school, Layla is currently earning her degree focused on digital art and design.