About Us

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Our Mission

Fideicomiso Comunitario Tierra Libre (FCTL) was formed in 2019 when community members from Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles decided to fight gentrification by forming an organization that could take land and housing off the speculative market and put it into community control. Together we strive for the cultivation of space for the most vulnerable members in the neighborhood to be able to have a voice and live in what is being developed in their community.

We know that our communities, communities of people of color have been historically disinvested, and vulnerable to regional economic changes, and COVID-19 only highlights the vulnerability of our communities as we see more and more of our neighbors falling sick to the Coronavirus because of the lack to accessibility to housing with dignity.

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Meet Our Board

Our board members come from different sectors of the East LA/Boyle Heights community and are invested in the success of FCTL’s programmatic and land trust work.

Martha Gonzalez
Martha Gonzalez

Board Member

My name is Martha Gonzalez, board member of FCTLA, and I know first hand what it is like to struggle with housing issues and the uncertainty of obtaining affordable housing.

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Margarita Gonzalez
Margarita Gonzalez

Board Member

Mi nombre es Margarita Gonzalez y formo parte del fideicomiso comunitario tierra libre para que familias de bajos recursos puedan tener su propia casa.

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Jennifer Maldonado
Jennifer Maldonado

Board Member

My name is Jennifer Maldonado and I joined the board of FCLT to support policies and developments to providing dignified, accessible, and affordable housing for the communities of Boyle Heights and Unincorporated East LA.

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Fanny Ortiz
Fanny Guzman Ortiz

Board Co-President

Mi nombre es Fanny Guzman Ortiz, y soy residente de Boyle Heights y co fundadora y Co-Presidente del Fideicomiso Comunitario Tierra Libre (FCTL).

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Eva Garcia
Eva Garcia

Board Member

Mi nombre es Eva García, vivo en la comunidad de Boyle heights, participo en varias luchan en mi comunidad haciendo voluntaria con diversas organizaciones.

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Carlos Ortez
Carlos Ortez

Board Member

My name is Carlos Ortez and my work focuses on community empowerment and the creation of social movements that are guarantors of the transformation of society to favor the poor majorities and not the privileged minorities.

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A. Bayoán Rosselló-Cornier
A. Bayoán Rosselló-Cornier

Board Co-President

My name is A. Bayoán Rosselló-Cornier and I’m driven by work that creates tangible equitable outcomes for historically disenfranchised populations, viewing people and conditions through a social justice lens.

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