Adriana Rodriguez is a program associate for the U.S. Racial Justice initiative at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. In her current role, she facilitates the initiative’s grantmaking operations for organizations building power for Black people and communities in the U.S. South, defending constitutional rights for all, and catalyzing big ideas that support a just and equitable future. She joined the Foundation in 2022 as a flexible program assistant under Grants Data and Operations.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Adriana gained experience in the nonprofit sector, working at organizations focused on affordable housing policy and youth unemployment. Adriana has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Latin American Studies from Brown University, where she wrote her honors thesis on the use of community care and mutual aid interventions by Puerto Rican diaspora and archipelago populations at different points in history. In 2019, Adriana studied abroad with the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad in La Habana, Cuba, where she had the honor of studying revolutionary Cuban history with some of the most decorated scholars on the island.
Originally from New Jersey, Adriana has enjoyed making the Bay Area another home, and loves to picnic in the sun at Dolores Park with friends.