Liana Molina is the program manager for the Community Empowerment Activist program at the Leo T. McCarthy Center. The CEA program develops critically engaged students through a part-time paid internship placement with community-based organizations throughout San Francisco. She previously worked with the California Reinvestment Coalition, a statewide financial justice organization, as the director of community engagement. Liana brings nearly two decades of faith-based, labor and community organizing experience. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, she came to the bay area to attend Santa Clara University, where she earned her B.A. in Sociology.