Lorena is the project coordinator for the Center for Constructive Communication. In this role, she leads the project management for Real Talk for Change. She is passionate about the impact storytelling can make on public policy, particularly around health equity, public education and infrastructure.
Lorena has been at MIT for 10 years and prior to joining CCC at the Media Lab she worked at MIT’s Office of Minority Education and the Priscilla King Gray Center for Public Service. In her spare time, she volunteers with local organizations focused on advancing immigrant workers’ rights in the Boston area.