Meet Our Team

Get to know the passionate minds driving change at ARCH Center. Our diverse team of experts bring a wealth of experience in public health, anti-racism advocacy, and community engagement. Meet the faces behind our mission, dedicated to dismantling racism and advancing community health for a brighter future.

Kisna Prado

Kisna Prado(she/her/ella) is a Graduate Research Assistant at the ARCH Center and a secondyear MPH student in the Community Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) program. She is a first generation daughter of Central American immigrants from Ni caragua and Costa Rica and grew up in a predominately Mexican and Central American working class, immigrant community in Southern California. As a bilingual, Latina public health professional, she grounds herself in the experiences of immigrant, working class communities like her own and is dedicated to centering the voices of those that have been historically marginalized and silenced. She is passionate about health equity research, Latine health issues, and applying community based participatory research and anti racism principles to her work. Outside of work, she loves trying new restaurants, watching anime, and hanging out with her partner and their dog, Nico.