NLIHC is pleased to welcome kenia jimenez as its newest summer policy intern.
kenia is a recent graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in sociology and minors in philosophy and urban and regional studies. Before UCLA, she attended Santa Monica Community College where she earned associate degrees in behavioral sciences and arts and humanities. During her studies, kenia shaped her education around how structural racism and discriminatory practices have created inequalities in the different neighborhoods we call home. While at UCLA, kenia was also very involved with the student group Underground Scholars Initiative, which worked to create a prison-to-school pipeline through recruitment, retention, and advocacy. kenia also worked with the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and their community partners to create a StoryMap of the impact of gentrification and displacement in South Los Angeles, which sparked her interest in housing. She is excited to be interning at NLIHC where she hopes to gain substantive policy experience before she applies to Master of Urban and Regional planning programs.
Please join us in welcoming kenia to the NLIHC team.