Giselle Cárcamo Romero

Community Engagement Specialist

Giselle Cárcamo Romero (she/her/ella), MSW, was born in Lima, Peru where she studied and worked as an Organizational Psychologist. She moved to Seattle in 2001 and obtained a degree in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences – Society, Ethics and Human Behavior and a Masters of Social Work from the University of Washington. 

Giselle is a charismatic and compassionate leader who has worked with underrepresented minorities for over fifteen years. She is called to serve the community with an ethics of justice, collaboration and empowerment. She honors the wisdom that each community member holds change making power and follows their lead. 

Giselle joins the Latino Center for Health (LCH) as the Community Engagement Specialist. She is committed to  authentic and impactful partnering with Latinx communities and organizations in Washington State so as to collectively advance the health and wellbeing of Latinx communities. She leads two major bodies of work. One, she is creating opportunities to amplify community voices to inform and partner in LCH research priorities and activities. Two, she is building community capacity through the Health Science Workforce Development efforts of LCH. She  leads our Graduate Student Fellowship Program that supports health science student scholars irrespective of legal status and promotes a path towards collaborative, interdisciplinary efforts aimed at addressing persistent disparities.

Giselle complements her workforce development efforts as a part-time lecturer at the University of Washington School of Social Work. She is a faculty member of the Community Centered Integrative Practice (CCIP) concentration and teaches the required Community Practice course for 2nd year graduate students.