Nancy Herrera (She/Her)

Arizona state Program Director

Nancy Herrera was born in Mexico and came to the United States at the age of 3, where she was raised in California and Arizona. Nancy studied at Arizona State University where she received her Bachelor’s in Political Science, and at Grand Canyon University where she received her Master's in Public Administration with a concentration in Government and Policy. 

As an immigrant and having gone through the citizenship process, Nancy has been an advocate for the immigrant community for years. In her previous roles, Nancy worked as a State Program Coordinator in Arizona, organizing the Latinx community to vote in the 2016 presidential election. She has also served as an International University Counselor for Grand Canyon University, where she provided guidance and enrollment assistance to international students wanting to attend GCU. 

In her current role as Poder Latinx’s Arizona Program Coordinator, Nancy is using her passion for community-oriented work and advocacy to build a voter registration campaign to register thousands of Arizona voters and engage them in the voter process.