Cassandra Gutierrez is the the Deputy Field Director at Communities for a New California (CNC) but prior to that, she began her work as a volunteer canvasser at CNC in 2014 knocking on doors in Merced California to inform Merced residents of key issues affecting families in the area. Now as the Deputy Field Director at CNC, Cassandra Gutierrez provides support for CNC programs and projects by overseeing daily operations, coordinating and tracking administrative reports, and preparing program related documents pertinent to relevant fund development. Cassandra has helped to implement and oversee major field programs at CNC such as CNC’s 2020 Cuenta Conmigo field program were over 300,000 families were contacted across the state of California about the importance of the Census. Cassandra graduated from UC Merced in the Spring of 2016 with a BA in Political Science and a Minor in Professional Writing.