Camille Barraza

Director of Ecology and Research

Camille is Yaqui, she is from Long Beach, CA and was raised in El Paso, Texas, where she currently resides. She considers herself to be a fronteriza (borderlander) with a deep Love for the Paso del Norte region, which encompasses both sides of the political boundary. She has been involved in grassroots movements along the border to include standing in opposition to “the wall”, militarization, ICE detention, family separation, eminent domain, inhumane treatment of asylum seekers, CPB’s illegal policies/practices and violence, along with advocating for disability rights and awareness.

Camille brings experience from working in higher education along with public health and public services. She is deeply passionate about family healing from generational trauma and brings lived experience in navigating complex family dynamics involving addiction and mental illness. She believes that Indigenous sovereignty and rematriation of land is the only way toward a just and sustainable society.

Camille is former Ballet and Tap dancer, a reader, writer, storyteller and the proud Auntie of an incredible niece and nephew, whom she loves with her entire being.