Miriam Leticia Paez

Miriam “Leticia” Paez was born in East Los Angeles and raised in Riverside, California. She graduated from UC Riverside with a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies..

While attending school, Ms. Paez worked for the City of Riverside, Mayor’s Office and was liaison to the Chambers of Commerce as the Clean Community Systems Program Coordinator where she coordinated an anti-litter campaign program visiting elementary schools in Riverside educating students about keeping their city clean. She was then hired as the Family Student Housing Coordinator at UC Riverside. After graduating from UC Riverside, Ms. Paez moved to Venezuela where she worked at Colegio Internacional de Carabobo (CIC) as the Music and Kinder ESL teacher. Ms. Paez moved back to California and worked at UC San Francisco as the Program Coordinator for the Gender Equity Resource Center.

From 2002 – 2010, Ms. Paez moved to Bern, Switzerland. During her years in Switzerland, she volunteered as the Talent Show Coordinator for l’Ecole Cantonale de Langue Française de Berne and volunteered at community centers throughout the Canton of Bern, helping refugees and immigrants from Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa with projects related to improving health and wellness, teaching civic responsibilities, enhancing political engagement, and helping families better their overall situation.

Ms. Paez returned to her native California in 2011 and worked as the Arts Education/Outreach Coordinator at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts until 2016.

She is now the Office Manager/Intake Coordinator at Hunter Pyle Law. Ms. Paez resides in Oakland, California. Her hobbies are playing the piano, painting, biking, dancing, literature, and yoga.

Ms. Paez is fluent in Spanish.