Lucero (She/Her) has a passion for stopping the abuse and exploitation of children and ending the criminalization of them as adults for the ways they survive the pressures and realities they face. At the age of 17, Lucero was charged as an adult and released from prison at the age of 22.
As a young mother, she believes that young women and girls need to lead the change they need in their lives, families, and communities. For Lucero, it is important to change the narrative about our lives by telling our own stories as girls and gender-expansive people. She believes that the young women YWFC works with should have agency over their own lives. The role of a self-determination coach is to support youth in defining what self-sufficiency means to them. Lucero meets women where they are at and works with them over time to deepen their understanding of themselves and what justice looks like to them. Lucero has been with YWFC since 2015.
