Our Team
co-founder / CEO of Programs & Communications
Anayvette Rivera Amador
She/Her/Femme
co-founder / CEO of Finances & Operations
Marilyn Hollinquest
She/Her/Femme
Marilyn is a social justice advocate who specializes in young people of colors self-empowerment. She has 15 plus years of experience as a teacher, community advocate and scholar. Marilyn received her M.A in Ethnic Studies from San Francisco State University, and B.A in Community Studies from the University of California Santa Cruz. Marilyn is passionate about the marriage of theory and practice (praxis) which is at the core of her commitment to the authentic inclusion of disenfranchised peoples. She is a proud Tulare California native.
Programs and Communications Manager
Victoria Gomez
She/Her
Victoria, Radical Monarchs’ Program and Communications Manager, believes in the endless capabilities of women and girls of color. She has worked with youth in various capacities as a youth leadership coordinator in Marin County, a social studies middle-school teacher in Berkeley and San Francisco, and a community outreach manager throughout the Bay Area. The Radical Monarchs is an organization where she is continuing to deepen her commitment to the liberation of communities of color. Victoria graduated from San Jose State University in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, there she began her focus on the complex intersections within Latinx identities. She is hella proud of her Nicaraguan roots and San Francisco upbringing. Oakland has been her home for several years, a place where she is continuously inspired to engage in women-of-color led movements.
Programs & Communications Coordinator
Simone Hufana
She/Her
Simone’s heart has always been rooted in building the power in young girls of color and gender expansive young people. Hailing from the occupied lands of Ohlone Chochenyo territory, also known as East Oakland, her community organizing work ranges from advocacy for systems impacted young girls and gender expansive youth to her creation Color Herstory, coloring books that center influential Black, Indigenous, Women of color to bring forward liberation through art and education. She is a Mexi-Pinay child of diaspora deeply grounded in the commitment to building radical liberation through, with, and by community.
Programs & Communications Coordinator
Simone Hufana
She/Her
Simone’s heart has always been rooted in building the power in young girls of color and gender expansive young people. Hailing from the occupied lands of Ohlone Chochenyo territory, also known as East Oakland, her community organizing work ranges from advocacy for systems impacted young girls and gender expansive youth to her creation Color Herstory, coloring books that center influential Black, Indigenous, Women of color to bring forward liberation through art and education. She is a Mexi-Pinay child of diaspora deeply grounded in the commitment to building radical liberation through, with, and by community.
