Xochi Flores

Associate Director of Foundation Relations

Xochi Flores is Western Center on Law and Poverty’s Associate Director of Foundation Relations. Xochi is a mother of three young women, a community artist, activist, and scholar who has been using the tools within our communities to foster growth and intentional participation of all stakeholders. She has worked with communities in the U.S. and in Mexico in developing multidisciplinary projects in music, poetry, dance, baking, and motherhood to strengthen relationships in families and communities. Xochi has a long and successful fundraising and grant writing track record, supporting multiple restorative justice nonprofit organizations, as well as  individual artists in Los Angeles. Xochi is a founding member of the Son Jarocho/Chicanx group, Los Cambalache, who’ve been active in the Chicane/Latine community since 2009. She holds a master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Human Services and teaches Multi Cultural Arts in Los Angeles at Cal State LA and in California state prisons for women.