Meet Sandra Ortega, the newest member of the OCCCO family.  Sandra was recently hired to take over as the new full-time organizer in North County, working with Local Organizing Committees in Garden Grove, Fullerton and Anaheim.  Before coming to OCCCO, she was employed at Community Action Partnership of OC for 6 years, working with parent leaders to train and teach in areas related to leadership, advocacy and nutrition. She attends the Side-By-Side International Church in Santa Ana for over 5 years and through her church involves herself in the Lives Worth Saving ministry of gang intervention and domestic minor human sex trafficking intervention.  Sandra has been married for 20 years, with two children and two grandchildren.
 
Sandra can be contacted at (714) 931-6045 or sandra@occcopico.org.

Aura has been an organizer with OCCCO in South Orange County for nearly two years.  She moved away from OCCCO to pursue other options in her career, but hopes to return to the PICO Network soon.  She was the lead organizer on the exciting immigration campaign in Santa Ana, and empowered leaders across South OC to create a new narrative based on equity and justice for all in the region.  She was a light to so many leaders and her efforts will long be remembered.  Aura, you will be missed!