Hacienda Community Development Corp. (CDC)
Sebastian Bishop is an experienced program coordinator currently at Hacienda CDC since May 2023, with prior roles including digital navigator at Free Geek and audio visual technician at OMSI. At SeatGeek, Sebastian provided comprehensive support and trained new employees, while at Reed College, Sebastian served as a guest lecturer and tutor in music and computer science, offering extensive academic assistance. Additional experience includes roles as sound kollective manager and production intern, where Sebastian managed events and coordinated technical aspects for performances and lectures. Sebastian holds a degree in Music, specializing in Music Theory and Composition, from Reed College, having graduated in 2021.
Hacienda Community Development Corp. (CDC)
Hacienda CDC is a Latino-led Community Development Corporation that strengthens families by providing affordable housing, homeownership support, economic advancement and educational opportunities. Hacienda CDC was formed in 1992 to provide necessary housing and supportive services in a low-income, predominantly Latino community. At that time, NE Portland’s Cully neighborhood was home to the largest Latino population in Oregon. From there, Hacienda has built housing communities on four vacant lots and renovated one run-down apartment complex – a former hotbed of drug activity and prostitution – in the Cully neighborhood, creating 325 units of community-centered affordable rental housing. Hacienda has also developed communities in North Portland and a farm worker development in Molalla, OR for a grand total of 381 housing units. We provide safe, stable homes for over 1600 individuals each year, and over half of those individuals are children. Hacienda has since expanded its reach, embracing a holistic approach to development and serving Latinos throughout Portland with programs in Community Economic Development, Homeownership Support, Financial Coaching and Youth & Family Support Services. We have grown to become Oregon’s largest Latino-led, Latino-serving housing organization and remain a trusted name in the Latino population. As Portland’s Latino population has grown rapidly, Hacienda continues building capacity to offer our bicultural services to Latinos and other low-income families throughout the Portland metropolitan area.