Paula X. Rojas

Paula X. Rojas has 23 years of experience working in community organizing. Born in Chile, then passing through Houston, TX, she spent over a decade working as an organizer in Brooklyn, NY. Following in the footsteps of her family members in Chile, Paula has worked on grassroots social justice issues affecting her own local community since she was a teen. In New York she co-founded various community non-profit organizations focused on issues affecting young and adult Black and Latina women including Sista II Sista, Pachamama, and Community Birthing Project. Since moving to Austin in 2008, Paula co-founded Mamas of Color Rising and worked to launch Refugio (Center for Community Organizing) while working as a childbirth educator in a community clinic. Her organizing work and life experience have led her to work at the intersections of healthcare access, midwifery and community organizing.