Rhina Ramos

National Coordinator for Proyecto Encuentros Bienvenida y Gracia, United Church of Christ

**Rev. Rhina Ramos** is the National Coordinator of Proyecto Encuentros de Gracia y Bienvenida. Funded by a grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the project advances ONA ministries among UCC churches that are predominantly Latinx in membership or have Latinx outreach. The position is in Health and Wholeness Advocacy Ministries, part of Justice and Local Church Ministries. Ramos hopes to build on the inclusion work she has been doing with LGBTQ people as pastor of Ministerio Latino UCC in Oakland, Calif. Growing up amidst El Salvador's civil war is among several factors that have shaped her outlook. Image: