Marielle Montero

I've been working in the nonprofit sector for 5 years, and working with nonprofits for closer to 10 years. Currently, I serve as the Director of Internal Training and Professional Development at the Doe Fund, a position I've held for one year. In this role, I design curriculum and facilitate trainings at our different locations for staff. I oversee our internal professional development and training opportunity list, where every month we round up trainings happening around the city and put them into a newsletter for folks. I also project manage our leadership development initiative and serve on the committee that manages our agency-wide digital literacy initiatives. My most notable professional achievement is bringing a client-centered lens to the work I do and making sure that the spaces we facilitate are trauma-informed. As a first-generation college graduate, I was inspired to enter this field because I always wanted to give back to the community and pour into people the way I was poured into in order to get where I am. I always say I'm nothing without my village - my mentors guided me and provided all kinds of advice and tips on how to get through things that were pivotal to being where I am today. In the community, I've always connected folks to training, resume services, job search tips, and interview tips. It has become part of the fabric of my social network where we come to each other, help each other, and are a resource to each other.