Yesi Castro was born and raised in Hood River, Oregon and is the daughter of Mexican Immigrants from the beautiful states of Durango & Zacatecas , Mexico.

She holds a Public Health degree from Oregon State University, where she focused on community health promotion and health behavior. She also earned a Community Health Worker certificate from the The Community Capacitation Center of Multnomah County. Yesi has worked in the nonprofit sector for 8 years and currently serves as a Director at Large for the Board of Directors at the Oregon Public Health Association. Yesi has over 10 years of experience in community health and prevention, and has worked extensively in the areas of community organizing, curriculum development, social determinants of health, health and the outdoors and farmworker rights. She is an experienced trainer and facilitator, and believes in the transformative methodology of Popular Education. She is passionate about programs that support community self-determination, and is deeply committed to addressing systemic and institutional oppression at all levels of her work.