Our Team
Dawn Martinez Oropeza
Executive Director
Staff
Tanya Juarez
Jose Guzman
Office Assistant
Office Assistant
Site Leaders
AMES (2021) - Al Éxito Collegiate Program
Juan Carlos Oropeza, President
Caroly Coronado-Vargas, Vice-President
BELMOND/ KLEMME (2008) - Al Éxito Girls Leadership 6-12th
CLARION/ DOWS/ GOLDFIELD (2008) - Al Éxito Leadership 6-12th
Miriam Meinke
DES MOINES (2008)
Middle School Programs
Callanan, Raphael Vidal, and Genesis Diaz
Goodrell, Liz Vargas, Irvin Ceron, Arianna Fuentes
Harding, Aura Baquero Cassab
Hiatt, Olimpia Garduno
McCombs, Liz Vargas
Weeks, Claudia Castillo
Movimiento (High School (2015)
Dawn Martinez Oropeza, Coordinator
Site Leaders: Melissa Hidalgo and Jorge Gutierrez
Youth Leaders: Agustin Oropeza, Wilfredo Morales, Irvin Ceron
Afterschool Lincoln High School (2017)
Claudia Gonzalez, Coordinator
Afterschool Hoover High School (2018)
In-School East High School (2018)
│drēm│sēd│ (2017)
Dawn Martinez Oropeza, Coordinator
Site Lead Facilitators: Orlando Fuentes
Youth leaders: Agustin Oropeza-Creative, Yazmin Hernandez-Operations, Adrian Olguin-Finance, Arianna Fuentes, Marketing
Resilient Identity Community Alliance (2018)
HAMPTON (2014)
Middle School Afterschool Program
Movimiento High School Program
MARSHALLTOWN (2006)
Al Éxito Afterschool
Movimiento High School
Charlotte Santana
MUJERES
Kristin Stuchis
OTTUMWA (2013)
Al Éxito Middle School Program
Movimiento High School Program
Juanita Zavala
Al Éxito Indian Hills College Program (2020)
Juanita Zavala
PERRY (2013) - Al Éxito Leadership 6-12th
Laura Espinoza
TAMA/ TOLEDO (2008) - Al Éxito Leadership 6-12th
Lead Co-Facilitators
Betty Bonilla and Valeria Nunez
Online Programs
Senior Scholars Program (2021)
Caroly Coronado-Vargas
Camps
Al Éxito University
Power and Perception of Youth Activism (P.A.P.A.Y.A)
Collaboration with Science Bound
Special Programs
Mary E Campos Scholarship Program: Kassandra Chino Gonzalez
Latinx Project: Dawn Martinez Oropeza
Rural Iow Leadership: Socorro Martinez
Mental Health: Dawn Martinez Oropeza
DES MOINES Compa en Camino (2020)
Melissa Hidalgo
Compas (Partners)
Pamela Abreo
Eduardo Bolaños
Roger Castillo
Doris Cuesta
Diana Echeverria
Byron Geovanny Giron-Ordonez
Denzel Gomez
Araceli Goode
Jose Guzman
Diana Hernandez-Huerta
Melissa Hidalgo
Merlin Joya-Gomez
Holly Klotz
Amy Luebbert
Aeelyn Magallanes-Tristan
Albert Martinez
Natalie Novak
Caela Obrecht
Juan Carlos Oropeza
Shirley Ortega
DES MOINES TUTORS
Roger Castillo
Vanessa Escobar Cruz
Orlando Fuentes
Angela Garcia
Paulina Hernandez
Diana Hernandez-Huerta
Janett Luna-Juarez
Juan Carlos Oropeza
PacoPena
Amber Sanchez
Yabsira Tekle
Daniela Zeledon