Maria Mendez

Maria joined CCASA in September 2018 and has been in the gender-based violence prevention field since 2011. Prior to CCASA, she worked at Colorado College as the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and before that in Bakersfield, California in the Prevention Education Department. There, she created a Media Literacy Program focusing on how gender norms portrayed in the media influence views on relationships and consent. She has an MA in Media Psychology from Fielding Graduate University.