Yesenia Perez-Algarin

Associate Development Director

Yesenia works with the development team to implement all fundraising efforts for Free Press and the Free Press Action Fund. She has over 12 years of experience in content management and fundraising. Yesenia comes to Free Press from the Institute for Community Economics. She received her B.S. in business administration from Bernard M. Baruch College. When not raising funds to fight telecom giants, Yesenia’s sharing her love of music, passion for dance and commitment to fitness as a Zumba instructor.

Blogs

  • Hurricane Maria devastation on Puerto Rico

    The Communications Crisis in Puerto Rico

    Joseph Torres
    Misty Perez Truedson
    Yesenia Perez-Algarin
    January 31, 2018
    Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, leaving the island without power and phone service, and damaging 95 percent of all cell towers.

  • A New Court Ruling Harms Prisoners Nationwide -- Including My Cousin

    Yesenia Perez-Algarin
    June 15, 2017
    My cousin Charlie is serving time in an upstate New York prison. And thanks to a recent court decision, it will be much harder for my grandmother to stay in touch with him.

  • I Have to Keep Resisting. There's No Other Choice.

    Yesenia Perez-Algarin
    February 10, 2017
    So many people are out there fighting back, daily, and harder than I have been. It's those stories that lift me up when I start to feel like the resistance is futile.
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