Jesus Casado Gonzalez, M.Sc

Director of Community Programming at the New York Immigration Coalition

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Multilingual human rights activist and nonprofit leader with 10+ years of experience in contract/program management, grant writing, capacity building and technical assistance for nonprofits. * Fluent in Spanish, English and Italian * Experienced operating in coalitions and nonprofit settings focused on Immigrant, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ communities * Experienced in recruitmemt, training, and management of high performing teams * Passionate leader in Social & Racial Justice

Experience

  • Immigrant Civic Leadership Program Fellow at Coro New York Leadership Center
    Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  • Director of Community Programming at The New York Immigration Coalition
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Community Casework Manager at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
    May 2021 - Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Responsible for the advancement of case management, community-focused programming, and supportive direct community services at The Center. This includes planning, implementation, and delivery of the spectrum of community and survivor services at The Center, which encompass individual advocacy, public benefits navigation, emotional support and accompaniment, financial assistance, service referrals, group-based interventions, among others . These services seek to improve the offerings of targeted, empirically proven healing services to LGB, TGNC, POC, and Immigrant survivors of crime and violent crime, providing trauma-informed care to these survivors, developing programming, administrative, data/reporting, and networking needs. The Community Casework Manager supervises the Case Management and Insurance Navigation teams in the provision of the above mentioned survivor support services

  • Sunnyside Community Services (Full-time · 1 yr 4 mos)
    • Director of College and Career Services
      Nov 2020 - Apr 2021 · 6 mos

    • Special Projects Manager- Career Development/Resource Navigation/COVID-19 Outreach & Prevention
      Jun 2020 - Nov 2020 · 6 mos

    • Census Manager
      Feb 2020 - Jun 2020 · 5 mos

      • Plan and execute a comprehensive Census Engagement Action Plan, which includes facilitating internal and external census educational info-sessions, trainings, and related community-wide events • Manage, train and develop Census team’s outreach and facilitation strategies, and daily operations; design content and community engagement activities through racial justice and gender equity lenses • Enter and analyze weekly field data to track performance and effectiveness, provide data-informed recommendations for improving/enhancing practices, draft biweekly reports for NYC funders and grant’s managers

  • Director Of Public Relations at VAEXORG
    Mar 2015 - Dec 2020 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    • Co-write, edit, and translate (Spanish/English) documents, memos and reports for international campaigns and social movements regarding human rights violations in Venezuela such as #YoDenuncio and #QueHayaJusticia • Coordinated charity projects such as donation drives of medical and school supplies, clothing, and toys for low-income and rural schools as well as for hospitals treating pediatric cancer patients in Venezuela • Provide logistical support in organizing public cultural events, immigration forums, assemblies and academic panel discussions in partnership with other organizations, universities, human rights activists, and law firms