Carolyn manages the City of San Jose’s Recycle Right campaign, a public education campaign focused on reducing recycling contamination through education and behavior change strategies.

Born and raised in eastside San José, Carolyn’s experience in communications is grounded in community-centered approaches to address information disparity and to amplify community voice. Carolyn served in public relations at the County of Santa Clara in the Office of Immigrant Relations, the Division of Equity and Social Justice, and led multilingual marketing campaigns in the Emergency Operations Center’s COVID-19 response. Prior to local government, she was a community organizer specializing in narrative strategy, media relations, and multimedia communications.

Carolyn earned a degree in Literature from UC Santa Cruz. She enjoys spending time outdoors and is a parent to two loving dogs, Bruce the Rottweiler and Riley the Golden Retriever.