Rocio Carranza Jacinto

Rocio Evelin Carranza Jacinto (she/her/ella) is led by the power of community. As a P’urhepecha woman living in the diaspora, the collective power of her community has cultivated her passion to advocate and be part of solutions that give voice to marginalized communities. She has worked alongside Washington State youth and families for over 10 years within the sectors of education, healthcare, and housing. Rocio Carranza Jacinto previously served as the Director of Family Engagement at Cocoon House, where her team led parenting seminars, classes, financial assistance, and family case management programming for youth and their families with the goal of reunification through education. She also worked part-time as a doula, specifically serving BIPOC, LGBTQ+, undocumented, young, and Spanish-speaking parents. In her spare time, Rocio dedicates her time organizing with Ireta Purhepecha, a grassroots organization that works towards the preservation and advocacy of the Purhepecha community. Rocio holds a Bachelor’s degree in American Ethnic Studies and Environmental Studies from the University of Washington and a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.  She is currently working as the Director of Program Development and Growth at Point Source Youth in hopes of ending the cycle of youth homelessness by putting resources in the hands of young people across the nation. In 2024 she led Point Source Youth's 7-state pilot program giving direct cash to young people and seeing that 92% of young people stayed out of the homelessness system within 6 months of receiving support. Due to the success of the 7-state pilot program Rocio is leading Oregon, California, and Hawai'i in the state-wide effort to make direct cash transfers to young people a permanent housing solution to prevent homelessness across the states