Ellen Acevedo

Ellen Acevedo is Vice President of External Affairs at UCAN. She serves on the board as Co-chair of Latinas on the Plaza Annual Conference and Coordinates Mastermind groups for Latinas.

Education: DePaul University

Current job: External Affairs – UCAN

What are your two top strengths? DOER! Connector!

What are your top two values? Integrity and keep it real and light!

What is your passion? Service to those who are undeserved. Professional development and guidance for women.

Volunteer activities:

School on Wheels (ESL tutor), Ascension Parish (event/development team) and Mujeres de HACE Advisory Board work and UCAN.

My hero: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and my mom and dad

What will you be doing in five years?

Working as a leader in external relations for a forward thinking institution and preparing to move to the mountains to spend my free time skiing!

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it.

If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.

If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.​