Nieves Ruiz

Nieves Ruiz developed her passion to help the low-wage community during her life experience in Cuba where she studied Economics at Havana University. Nieves shared the needs and constraints in her country with family and friends and was linked to donation projects and aid programs to improve the quality of life of children and their families. She had the opportunity to work for companies in Denver Colorado that allowed her to develop Marketing and Sales programs aimed at generating jobs and the possibility of studies. In the past years she created her own company in Cuba where the community could receive cultural programs and intellectual improvement of their physical condition. Nieves has worked directly with families in neighborhoods and schools with on-street sports programs and parks for children. At this time as Bilingual Programmatic Grant Consultant at FLAP, she helps supporting the low-wage community so their rights are respected and have a chance for income greater. She is an active representative of this community. Her responsibilities include analyzing data, daily review of FLAP reports, data entry and pulling up reports. Nieves is fluent in both English and Spanish.