Carvente-Martinez is a passionate Mexican-American leader advancing sustainable, community-driven progress rooted in cultura, comunidad, and healing. With lived experience as a formerly incarcerated youth, Carvente-Martinez brings a unique and powerful perspective to his leadership role. His personal journey through the justice system has fueled his passion for reform and commitment to creating pathways for other impacted individuals to succeed. Under his leadership, Alianza for Opportunity has flourished with innovative narrative change projects, research initiatives, and grassroots partnerships to dismantle systemic oppression and create thriving Latine/x, Afro-Latine/x, and Indigenous communities.
Carvente-Martinez is also the founder and CEO of Healing Ninjas, Inc., a health and wellness company using technology to build and deepen community between people on their respective healing journeys. He is also an advisor to the Credible Messenger Justice Center, serves on the board of Community Connection for Youth, and is a member of several philanthropic funds that support the leadership of directly impacted communities. Previously, he worked as a Program Analyst at the Vera Institute of Justice, where he worked to ensure that youth and families were included in state-wide policy reform efforts around the country. He was awarded the “Spirit of Youth Award” by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and the “Next Generation Champion for Change” award by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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