Tere Flores Onofre began her career as a youth organizer and has been engaged in faith-based community organizing for the past 18 years. As part of various PICO/Faith in Action affiliates, she has led campaigns to invest in youth development, expand access to healthcare, increase opportunities for students of color to attend college, support passage of comprehensive immigration reform, and encourage civic participation among underrepresented communities throughout California. During her time at the Laudato Si’ Movement, her work focused on increasing Catholic participation and engagement in caring for creation and achieving climate justice by managing an organizing portfolio across 5 global regions. Her work is currently focused on leading the organizing programs as the Director of Programs & Strategy for Sacramento ACT by developing and implementing comprehensive strategies that expand our democracy, develop community leadership, and create systemic change in the Sacramento region.
She is a mestiza from Puebla, Mexico and a 1.5 generation immigrant in California, United States. She received a Bachelors of Science in Political Economies of Industrialized Societies from the University of California-Berkeley.