Before founding Destino Strategy Consulting, I served as Capacity Building Program Director at the H.E. Butt Foundation, where I led a multi-year initiative to strengthen nonprofit leadership and organizational effectiveness. This work included coaching executive leaders, facilitating learning cohorts, and building partnerships with other local foundations to expand philanthropic investments in our region.

Earlier in my career, I held leadership roles at national organizations such as Leadership for Educational Equity and spent over a decade at the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University as its founding staffer and program director. These experiences - along with my board service, volunteer efforts, and lived experience - have deeply informed my community-centered approach to leadership, strategy, and systems change.

Our clients describe my approach as thoughtful, well-prepared, supportive, and deeply responsive. I bring strategic clarity, strong facilitation, and practical tools that help leaders translate their ideas into action. We take this same approach in bringing together the right partners and consultant colleagues to create the best team to support your goals.

I am bilingual in English and Spanish and design engagements that are culturally responsive and grounded in the realities of the communities organizations serve. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Stanford University and a Master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, along with a Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University and a Certificate in Nonprofit Board Consulting from BoardSource®.

A proud native of Los Angeles, California, I’ve been based in San Antonio, Texas for the past 13 years with my family, where I partner with organizations, locally, nationally, and internationally.

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I am a strategy, governance, and leadership advisor with over 28 years of experience helping organizations and coalitions move from vision to sustained impact.

My work focuses on clarifying direction, aligning leadership, and strengthening the capacity needed to carry strategy forward in practice. I partner with nonprofit, philanthropic, public, and education leaders to improve decision-making, strengthen alignment, and build systems that support implementation.

Over the course of my career, I have:

• Led a $1M+ capacity-building initiative supporting 39 nonprofit organizations

• Conducted organizational assessments for over 50 nonprofit organizations to identify key capacity priorities and solutions

• Designed and facilitated multi-year leadership cohorts for executive leaders

• Managed national training teams delivering 17 leadership programs annually across the U.S.

• Built and guided a variety cross-sector coalitions ranging from 3 to up to 135 organizations

• Led strategic planning and community engagement processes in the areas of health, education, and the arts

• Delivered workshops and trainings nationwide on leadership, governance, and organizational capacity

• Coached leaders to step into public leadership roles, including in policy, advocacy, and running for elected office