The Team
Our In-office Staff
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Helen Dorado Alessi
Executive Director
Helen Dorado Alessi is the CEO of El Dorado Consulting, former Trustee of Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and Executive Director of the Long Beach Latino Civic Association. LBLCA’s mission is to empower and advocate for communities and individuals in crisis and need towards self reliance by providing resources and access to opportunity networks.
Helen’s current consulting assignment brought her to Herstory Writers Workshop. Her dedication to her community has included long term leadership service to the City of Long Beach’s Planning Advisory Board, Ethics Commission, Hurricane Sandy Community Redevelopment Council, and Hispanic Heritage Event Advisor. Her most recent assignments are on the Advisory Board Member of Nassau County Office of Hispanic Affairs and the Nassau County D.A.’s Hispanic Advisory Council.
As a lifelong environmentalist, Ms. Dorado Alessi is proud to sit on the board as treasurer of All Our Energy whose mission is to support renewable energy, act on environmental protection and inspire others to become environmental stewards creating lasting societal change.
She is currently writing her memoir “From Shore to Shore” through Herstory Writers Network where she has facilitated bilingual classes in the high schools of Wyandanch, Long Beach, Uniondale, Mineola, Central Islip, Westbury, Hempstead, Freeport, Lawrence and LIU Post, Hofstra, and Adelphi as well as Long Beach St. John’s Lutheran Church, Martin Luther King Center and Yaphank Jail. Her writing workshops through Herstory have led her to assisting Foundations in Arkansas, San Francisco, and Nicaragua building voices of hope, courage and justice.
Active membership and leadership in New York Immigration Coalition and Long Island Immigrant Justice Alliance is Ms. Dorado Alessi most recent advocacy projects.
Dorado Alessi is the daughter of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents, holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from Baruch College at CUNY, Cornell University Certification in DEI/Human Resources and has been a social justice activist most of her life. She is a proud wife, mother and grandmother and has lived in Long Beach/Island Park, New York for 25 adventurous years.
Mike Cruz
Public Relations Director
Co-Founder of LBLCA, Mike Cruz is an established public figure in the community. Formerly a Real Estate Agent, Cruz is formerly the Director of the Housing Authority in Long Beach. He has a daughter and son with his wife. And now he is working in office at the Logn Beach Latino Civic Association on all of our Public Relations endevours.
Lisa Wright
Program & Grants Coordinator
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Our Interns
Eliana Park
Intern
Eliana is currently studying Political Science at Stony Brook University, where she has earned a place on the Dean's List. In 2024, she was honored at the Long Beach Latino Civic Association Gala for her academic achievements and dedication to public service. A former International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) student in high school, Eliana has long been passionate about politics and making meaningful change in her community. She is determined to rise quickly in the political world and one day represent her state in the House of Representatives or the Senate.