Rhonda Ortiz

Project Manager

Contact Information

Office: Jef 102
Phone: (213) 740-5594
E-mail: rmortiz@usc.edu

Biography

Rhonda Ortiz is Project Manager at the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at USC.  Ortiz holds a Masters in Urban Planning from UCLA.  She was most recently an Evaluation Associate for The California Endowment, working closely with projects serving the Asian immigrant community of the Central Valley, evaluating initiatives targeting policy and advocacy work and grassroots organizations.  Prior to The Endowment, Ortiz worked as a Research Analyst for SEIU Local 399 and conducted research on living wages for the living wage ordinance in Santa Monica.  Fluent in Spanish she has lived in Mexico and worked with a team of researchers to develop economic development projects between immigrant Hometown Associations in Los Angeles and their communities in Jalisco, Mexico.  She is the proud mother of two lovely daughters.

Areas of Expertise:

• Immigrant Integration
• Grassroots participation and advocacy
• Program Evaluation