Alumni Spotlight
Cecilia Montes De Oca, MS ’17 ANT
Cecilia was raised in Bloomington-Normal, IL and has called San Antonio, TX home for the last six years. She currently works at MOVE Texas, a statewide nonprofit that builds political power and civic leadership for young Texans. She has always been called to community-driven work and found her passion in movement spaces. Her work has taken her from leading earthquake relief projects in Peru, to traveling the Southwest as Team Leader with AmeriCorps NCCC, to organizing with tribal communities around the Dakota Access Pipeline, supporting student organization leaders at ISU, and organizing for a better democracy in Texas. Cecilia has 15 years of experience in community engagement, program and organizational development, and developing the next generation of leaders through service, education, and advocacy. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care, traveling, training for half marathons, pole dancing, reading, and hustling to be debt free (again).