Prior to joining the Regional and Community Outreach team, Inés worked as the Senior Program Officer for Resilient Communities, Resilient Families for LISC Boston. She spent over a decade as a Senior Planner/Project Director for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, where she managed the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative and worked on numerous neighborhood planning initiatives. Currently she serves as Vice President of the Wheelock College Alumni Board. She is the cofounder of Boston Mothers Care, a volunteer-run organization focused on bringing humanitarian aid to children and their families in Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Boston. She is passionate about civic engagement, women empowerment, and youth, especially in urban neighborhoods.

Inés attended Wheelock College, where she fell in love with neighborhoods and the network of nonprofits. In 1999, she received her Master’s in City Planning from MIT. She recently received a certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from Tufts University.