Current Team UP AmeriCorps Members

Meet our 2023-2024 cohort of members currently serving in La Plata, Montezuma and Archuleta counties.

  • Belle Raleigh

    EXTERNAL RELATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

    Belle is serving her second term with Team UP AmeriCorps. She is serving at Sexual Assault Service Organization (SASO) in Durango, Colorado.

  • Daelyn Benally

    BASIC NEEDS CASE MANAGER

    Daelyn is starting her second term with Team UP AmeriCorps at Fort Lewis College’s Grub Hub in Durango, Colorado.

  • Desiree Henderson

    AFTERSCHOOL & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

    Desiree is serving her second term with Team UP AmeriCorps. This term, she’d taken on a new role with the School Community Youth Collaborative (SCYC) in Cortez, Colorado.

  • Emma Carpender

    RESTORATIVE PRACTICES COORDINATOR

    Emma is serving her first term with The Juniper School in Durango, Colorado.

  • Karis Blackman

    EDUCATION COORDINATOR

    Karis is serving her first term with the Pagosa Community Initiative (PCI) in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Karis has been a volunteer with PCI for several years.

  • Randye Taylor

    FAMILY SERVICES COORDINATOR

    Randye is serving her second term with the Pagosa Community Initiative (PCI) in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

  • Lichen Holden

    Lichen Holden

    FARMER IN TRAINING

    Lichen is serving their first term at the Old Fort in Hesperus, Colorado.

  • Emily Bennett

    GRUB HUB OPERATIONS MANAGER

    A recent graduate at Fort Lewis College, Emily is serving her first term at The Grub Hub.

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