This team works to create a welcoming center of resources
for the LGBTQ+ Community in Chico and beyond.
OUR STAFF
Meet the individuals who make sure our Stonewall Alliance Center is running smoothly
every day. Whether planning events, conducting workshops,
or providing an inclusive space for all, these folks are getting it done!
justina sotelo
Executive Director
justina@StonewallChico.org
Justina (she/they) was born and raised in California, she moved to New York City after graduating college and worked as a High School educator for the past four years. Their transition to the nonprofit world was inspired by 7 years of experience as a community organizer and advocate. Justina is excited for their transition into their role as Executive Director and looks forward to continuing to deepen their relationships with local residents, organizations and businesses in order to best serve the Stonewall Community!
Alyssa Larson
Social Media Coordinator
alyssa@StonewallChico.org
Alyssa (she/her) has been working at Stonewall Chico since 2016. She’s held many roles including Center Coordinator, Events Coordinator, and now Social Media Coordinator. Alyssa loves Chico and considers it her hometown, though she now lives in San Francisco and divides her time between locations.
Alyssa’s degree is in Organizational Communications and she comes from a diverse background of nonprofit and activism work, event and theatrical production, and community organizing. Alyssa is happy to say she continues to work in all of these fields, simultaneously. She is passionate about facilitating change and joy through collective experience, and about giving voice to those who are often silenced.
marisa diaz
Community Outreach Coordinator
marisa@StonewallChico.org
Marisa (she/they) is from here in California, and has lived in Butte County for the past 7 years where she’s had the privilege of building strong relationships in our community and advocating for marginalized groups within it. Marisa has lots of experience working in customer service and office positions, and she serves as the Director of Outreach for Red Bluff Alums for Justice- a nonprofit she co-founded which advocates for the equity and empowerment of BIPOC students at Red Bluff High. She believes her experience will provide her insight into the needs of each individual she encounters, and help her be a great Center Coordinator. She is looking forward to growing into our team and creating her place within the Stonewall Community. We're so glad to have her with us!
Shelby Hebert
Advocacy and Education Coordinator
shelby@StonewallChico.org
shelby, she/her works and plays in the Big Chico Creek and Butte Creek watersheds, the unceded, current and ancestral land of the Mechoopda people. She's passionate about social justice in all its forms--racial justice, food justice, environmental justice, disability justice, and so on. Through a number of jobs over the years, shelby has played and learned with thousands of students through environmental, recycling, and compost education across the county. In other places, she's worked with students on home repair and construction projects to get and keep people in affordable housing. You can see she has a hard time making up her mind about what she wants to be when she grows up.
She loves that she gets to represent Stonewall across the North State and host conversations about gender and sexuality because she is eager to make the world a more hospitable place for queer and trans people, especially youth and teens. shelby believes in live music, mutual aid, rest, art, trees, bicycles, dancing, hugs, books, gardens, play, and oxford commas. You might find her at Stonewall, KZFR, Honky Tonk night, the library, choir practice, or the park; and she'll probably ask you, "Who's that [tree, bird, plant, flower]?!", tell you what she knows about them, and/or ask you what books and podcasts you've been into lately.