Rosa Navas

A lifelong Angeleno via Peru, where she was born and raised until age 7 when her family immigrated to Los Angeles, Rosa Navas is proud to bring more than 15 years of experience in community development and relations to the LA’s BEST board. As the Director for Community Well-Being for Adventist Health White Memorial, Rosa organizes several summits and educational programs throughout the city of Los Angeles. Past projects have included raising awareness of heavy metal contamination in the Boyle Heights and East LA area, which involved securing partnerships among environmental organizations, hospitals, academic institutions, and community leaders to strategize and expedite cleanup efforts. Rosa has also worked directly with LA’s BEST via organizing its garden education program at two East LA elementary schools. These efforts not only taught health education to children in grades two through six through various community partnerships, but provided local pediatric departments with a communication pathway to some of LA’s most under-served residents. Previously, Rosa worked as the Marketing and Strategic Partnership Manager for La Opinion, one of LA’s most well-known and highly regarded Spanish-language newspapers. When she is not working to bring the city together, Rosa can be found at the LA Opera or spending time with her two pit bull rescues and Siamese cat.