Bolder Advocacy

Jairo Gomez is the Senior Program and Evaluation Coordinator for the Bolder Advocacy program. He coordinates workshops and trainings, and provides administrative and programmatic support.

Jairo graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in Social Sciences with an Emphasis in Psychology. Before joining the Bolder Advocacy team, he worked in the food insecurity space as both a Programs and Development Coordinator at St. Francis Center in downtown Los Angeles. As Programs Coordinator he oversaw operations at the University of Southern California’s Trojan Food Pantry, which served food insecure students, as well as pop-up pantries in South Los Angeles.

Jairo has lived in Los Angeles his whole life and in his free time, he enjoys hiking, biking, playing board games, and learning to salsa dance.