Cecilia is an organizer and social media manager who is passionate about working to build a new economy that meets everyone’s needs. After spending more than a decade at a large international bank, Cecilia was glad to leave behind the extractive, exclusionary, and profit driven big banking industry and join the movement to normalize non-extractive financing and democratize our workplaces with Cooperation Buffalo. During her time in banking, she served as the head of the company’s Latine Employee Resource Group in Buffalo, organizing cultural and educational events and fostering a sense of community for Latine employees. Outside of work, Cecilia served for five years as a board member and volunteer of a local nonprofit summer camp for young women; recruiting staff and campers, establishing policies and procedures, managing camper enrollment, designing camp activities, and working directly with campers as a counselor.