04/13/2026
💥🏆✨2026 Women of Achievement Honoree SPOTLIGHT!
Introducing honoree Teresa Alvarez aka !✨
👉Get to know Teresa and her extensive work in civic engagement, helping children and families across SB County!
✨Executive Director,
Children’s Project
As the Executive Director of the Carpinteria Children’s Project, Teresa Alvarez leads efforts to advance equity and opportunity for children and families across Santa Barbara County. With over a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector, Teresa is a passionate advocate for early childhood education, immigrant communities, and systems-level change.
✨Born in Guanajuato, Mexico, and raised in California as an undocumented student, Teresa’s lived experience shaped her unwavering belief in the power of mentorship, hard work, and education. She is a proud first-generation college graduate, holding a B.A. in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara and a master’s in psychology from Antioch University Santa Barbara.
💥Teresa has held leadership roles on numerous boards, including Future Leaders of America, Rotary Club of Carpinteria, Santa Barbara
Neighborhood Clinics, and the First 5 Santa Barbara County Commission. She is also a founding member of the Santa Barbara Latino Giving Circle, where she champions grassroots philanthropy and community-led solutions.
🌟Her contributions have earned her the Woman of Service Award from the County of Santa Barbara Commission for Women and the DEI Advocate Award from Philanos, a national network of women’s giving circles.
🙌When she’s not working to build stronger, more inclusive communities, Teresa enjoys traveling, reading, and chasing after her two young sons, Enzo and Nico.✨
We look forward to celebrating Teresa and her sister nominees at our 18th Women of Achievement Awards Luncheon, Thursday, May 7th , 11:30am ~ 1:30pm.
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