Community Advocate and Co-Creator
BECOME, United States
Tatiana Cortes, MA, Community Transformation Coordinator (she/they)
Tatiana Cortes (she/they) is a civic and cultural organizer who values advancing racial equity and holds a lifetime commitment to social work, art, and justice among LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities. Tatiana has benefited from the support of social service systems and communities of care. Tatiana believes that when policies, systems and behaviors are rooted in care for everyone, all of society will thrive. Tatiana loves Chicago and the long standing tradition of fighting to make the city more equitable for everybody.
Tatiana holds a background in philanthropy, community organizing, public policy and non-profits. As a practitioner, Tatiana is enthusiastic about planting and watering seeds for individual and communal growth. Tatiana believes the problems we have are all of ours, and we are capable of having humanistic relationships, institutions, and the world. On their journey at BECOME Tatiana aims to bring a steward-of-care approach to the entire ecosystem, fortifying community networks. Tatiana sees herself co-leading a movement of both the mind and the heart, that has started generations before this moment and drawing on the latest research and experience to make systems more responsive, accountable and rooted in policies that ensure racial equity and inclusion for those most marginalized.
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Past, Present, and Future: How Context Affects People's Lives
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