Genesis is 20 years old and is majoring in Political Science at the University of South Florida. Genesis Cadle is a Field and Advocacy Intern for the Fall of 2021.
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In my free time, you can find me reading, cooking vegan food, and thrift shopping. I am passionate about fighting for marginalized communities and am very grateful to be on board at Equality Florida to do so. I am currently a second year at the University of Florida, where I am majoring in political science and international studies, with a minor in humanitarian assistance and international development.
My name is Estelle Erwich and I am excited to be joining the Equality Florida team as a Field and Advocacy intern for the 2022 spring semester. Cielo has worked to bring awareness to intersectional issues in his community he’s helped revamp social media to be more accessible and brought first-hand experience to how our system affects persons of color. He’s a seasoned volunteer and fellow with Equality Florida (serving his third semester in a row) as a Field and Advocacy Fellow. Cielo is a NHC Americorps member serving in Jacksonville, Florida at JASMYN as a LGBTQIA+ Housing & Care Coordinator, playing a pivotal role in expanding on the four areas of direct service that JASMYN offers, and founder of The Queer-Trans Project to provide gender-empowering resources to LGBTQ+ minorities so that they have the power to create social change in their communities. He is a Certified Sexual Health Educator and the first person of color to be listed on the American College of Sexologists directory in Florida. He is passionate about restructuring and mitigating the biased oppression that is ingrained in our society by white, cisgender, heteronormative and ableist individuals in our majority. I am thrilled for the opportunity to advocate for my fellow LGBTQ Floridians.Ĭielo is an established champion for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ equality. I am an organizer at heart with a deep passion for community engagement. I am currently a junior Political Science student at Eckerd College with minors in International Relations and Global Affairs, Religious Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies.
She is currently pursuing a Master's in Public Health at Rollins College, and hopes to use her degree to address social determinants of health in disadvantaged communities. I am extremely passionate about education and activism and the crossroads of those two sectors and I hope to contribute to the positive history making that Equality Florida continues to do.Īndrea Vanegas was born and raised in the Greater Orlando area. I'm a senior at USF studying Women's and Gender Studies which I hope to pursue, as well as Africana Studies, and eventually become a professor in both fields. Thank you to our fellows for all their hard work! Our fellows have worked diligently this Spring and have mobilized our members to fight against anti-LGBTQ attacks in the state legislature, expanded our volunteer base, and defended rights for LGBTQ youth in our safe school program.
“While we saw the State Legislature’s escalated attacks on our community, this team has worked to hold their stigmatizing actions and words accountable.”
“I’m incredibly proud of the diverse, talented team we built here to create a Florida that is a beacon of fairness and equality for the LGBTQ community,” said Equality Florida Field Director Wes Davis. Earlier this year, Equality Florida - Florida’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization - hired a dedicated and vibrant cohort for its Spring 2022 Fellowship Program! From Tallahassee to Miami, our fellows encompassed a diverse range of regions, ethnicities, gender identities, and backgrounds which truly reflected our community.