Canal Alliance
Diana Benitez has extensive experience in community development, urban planning, and advocacy, currently serving as a Senior Community Development Planner and Senior Manager of Advocacy and Engagement at Canal Alliance since June 2023. Previously, Diana worked at Just Cities Institute as Associate Director of Planning Justice and Urban Planning Justice Manager from May 2021 to June 2023, and at Raimi + Associates as an Intermediate Planner/Designer from August 2018 to April 2021. At the Advancement Project (CA), Diana held the role of Research and Data Analyst focusing on health equity and housing from July 2016 to August 2018. Initial experiences include positions at UCLA offerings in technical assistance and research. Diana's educational background includes a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies & Planning from California State University, Northridge.
Canal Alliance
Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. We believe that everyone has the right to achieve their dreams. Every day we educate, empower, support and partner with motivated immigrants and their families to best meet their unique needs -- from putting food on the table to becoming a U.S. citizen to learning English, and graduating from college. Because when we support immigrants, Marin becomes a place where everyone can live, work and succeed.