Rachel Cleaves, Community Development Coordinator and Coordinator of LiveWell Westwood, earned her Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado Denver in 2007. Since joining CCCD in 2007, she has raised over $1 million in cash and in-kind contributions through grant writing and new community partnerships. She also helped develop the public health and community development initiatives by launching the 7-year LiveWell Westwood project. Prior to her work with CCCD, Rachel served as Director of the cultural and service exchange program, ProBelize, in Dangriga, Belize. She also worked as a wilderness guide for groups of adjudicated youth on sixty day wilderness rehabilitation programs in southern Utah and southwest Colorado. Rachel was born in Peru and raised in Mexico, Panama, Chicago, and Austin, Texas, and speaks fluent Spanish.
Contact Information:
Phone: 303-315-5865
Email: rachel.cleaves@ucdenver.edu