Program Manager

Gabi Reyes-Acosta (she/they/ella/elle) is a Program Manager at AAPD, managing the Alumni Network, Disability Mentoring Day, and the NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship. Gabi’s career has been focused on providing young people and their families who hold intersecting marginalized identities access to the resources and experiences that they deserve to live healthy and fulfilling lives. Gabi has spent time with young people in a variety of settings: from leading outdoor experiences in Spanish to building supports for young people to organizing campaigns to advocate for policy changes at the local level.

Gabi has experience in programming topics surrounding college readiness, social justice/advocacy, disability justice, and reproductive justice with a culturally responsive and trauma informed lens. Through all of their work, Gabi values relationships built upon trust and care, and her lived experiences have contributed to a career focused on working towards a world that is just, equitable, and accessible.