Watsonville Encompass Project

Monica is a community champion with a reputation of using evidence-based, outcome-driven strategies to achieve results. She believes our most basic human right to healthy lives is intrinsically tied to dignity, equity and justice for all people. Her earlier experience includes leadership roles at a consulting management firm and large nonprofits focused on social justice issues. Monica is currently a member of the Santa Cruz County Human Services Commission, sits on the Board of Directors of the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce, and is Board Chair of FoodWhat, a youth empowerment and food justice nonprofit. She has completed the Women’s Policy Institute Fellowship, has a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science  from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.