Karla G. Gonzales Garcia (She/Her/Ella) is originally from Iquitos, Peru. Since moving to the U.S, Karla has focused on outreach and engagement with immigrant communities; advocacy for and with survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence; education and advocacy for sexual and reproductive health; and advancing reproductive justice, immigrant rights, and economic justice policy. Karla has won numerous awards and served her community at the highest level, including being chosen as a part of the U.S. Delegation on Reproductive Health and Sexual Violence for the 49th Organization of American States Assembly in Medellin, Colombia. Karla was also an appointee to the Colorado Governor’s “Health Care Cost Analysis Task Force,” and upon finishing this role, she was once again appointed by Colorado’s Governor to the Health Care Affordability Enterprise Board, where she will be working toward health care accessibility and affordability for all Coloradans regardless of immigration status.
The latest win Karla and her team brought to our state was the Healthy School Meals for All (Proposition FF), which ensures that kids in public schools in our state have free healthy meals, towards the goal that no kid goes hungry in our state. Karla earned her MA in Ethnic Studies with Women and Gender Studies in 2016 from Colorado State University where she developed a strong foundation in knowledge, research, and skills to advance a decolonial, multiracial, transnational feminist, and human rights centered framework within the work she does.