Irene Godínez is a North Carolina native of Mexican heritage and is living out her dreams as the Director of Pipeline and Leadership Development at LEAD NC. Irene enthusiastically works on their mission to seek out, encourage and cultivate a new generation of community and civic leaders for North Carolina. Godínez has over 12 years experience in nonprofit management, community mobilization and engagement, coalition-building, advocacy, media relations, and strategic communications, working on immigrant rights advocacy and women's reproductive rights.