​Our Team

"It is very rewarding to witness children flourish when they come to Centro. When they are facing academic hurdles, and by the end of the year their grades are improving; when children come to the program and they are shy and insecure, and in a year they are singing, dancing, acting or playing a musical instrument. - this gives me great joy and it makes me appreciate my work and everything my colleagues do to advance children in their education and their knowledge about their own cultural  heritage."    - Maribel Lozada Arzuaga, Executive Director  

Staff

Maribel Lozada Arzuaga
Executive Director

Norma Cruz
Office Coordinator

Jeanmarie Lugo-Almodovar
Program Director & Lead Teacher

Maria Martinez
Group Leader

Ashona Stone
Group Leader

Natalie Soto Perez
Group Leader

Abigail Cruz
Custodian
 
Evan Lovas
Grants Manager

Partner Artists

Vacant
Photography

Danny Polanco
Art

Adrian Gutierrez Sanchez
Poetry

Maribel Lozada Arzuaga
Dance

Jose Emmanuelli Nater
Dance

Board of Directors

Inez Ramos                    
President                        

Jeremiah Goldstein      
Vice President                

Irayma Olivencia           
Treasurer

Vacant
Board Member

Our Community Partners

Centro leverages local resources through strategic partnerships with the Department of Human Services, School District of Philadelphia, Mural Arts Program, Bridging the Gaps, University of the Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, St. Joseph’s University, William Cramp Elementary School, New Creation Lutheran Church, and Philareyto.

Our Funding Partners 

Special thanks to the organizations who have generously supported Centro's mission and it's programs.

Centro Nueva Creación receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.