Luisa Montes

Luisa Montes is a Senior Communications Officer at The James Irvine Foundation. She is a skilled communicator and expert project manager with non-profit and corporate experience who is passionate about solving problems and bringing stakeholders together for community benefit.

Luisa brings more than a decade of experience in strategic communications around issues of economic mobility, homelessness, youth development, and early childhood education. Previously, she worked on narrative change and community engagement campaigns with Tipping Point Community to end and prevent poverty in the Bay Area. She has also worked with the YMCA of San Diego County, focusing on storytelling, resource development, and grant writing for social service programs for underserved families.