Empowering future college students and parents in the Greater New Orleans Area since 2018

Who We Are

ECCO Community Center is the classroom and advisory office outside of our school systems that provides guidance to students and parents from any background with services currently available in English and Spanish. ECCO is a New Orleans based 501c3 organization. It believes that access to higher education should be accessible to all. We provide educational guidance to Hispanic parents & first-generation students on financial, admission, and scholarship application processes for higher educational pathways.

Ingrid Bustos

Founder & Executive Director

Our Leadership Team

Bustos migrated to the U.S. with her family as a teenager in 2001 from El Salvador. After she finished earning her certification in teaching ministry, she was ordained as a Minister in 2018. Her passion is to serve people and to help Youth find their path. She discovered her passion while serving as a youth pastor for 8 years and throughout that experience she found her calling to serve her community and its youth.

Navigating through a new place of living, she believes that the struggle and difficulty always comes from God in the form of a test. In 2018 she founded ECCO Community Center, a place where students and parents from any background can have access to necessary resources to be able to attend college or a university.

Under her leadership ECCO has been a part of several programs with different organizations in the Greater New Orleans Area.

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    Adasry Kattan

    Program Coordinator & ACT Instructor

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    Linett Luna

    Program Founder & Instructor

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    Dr. Amy P. Urbina

    Program Founder & Instructor

  • Community Outreach & Communications Coordinator

    Sergio Castellanos

    Community Outreach & Communications Coordinator

Meet Our Board

Michelle Aguirre

When Michelle isn't fulfilling her duties as Board President, she serves as the Director of Prevention and Education at La Voz Coalition. She oversees vital initiatives aimed at reducing risk factors within the Hispanic community and empowering students and families through education and outreach.

In addition to her role at La Voz Coalition, she serves as a senior pastor, providing pastoral care and counseling support to families in partnership with local organizations.

Board President

Dr. Amy P. Urbina

Born in Honduras and moving to the U.S. at just 5 years old, Dr. Amy has an inspiring journey. She earned her B.S. in Neuroscience, B.A. in Sociology, and M.S. in Neuroscience from Tulane University before graduating from Tulane School of Medicine in 2025.

As a resident physician in the Pediatric Neurology Program at LSU, Amy is committed to making a difference in our community.

Vice President
Roxanne Moore
Angelica Rivera
Elizabeth Broekman 
Treasurer

Roxanna Moore

Roxanne holds a BA in Spanish from Western Washington University and a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration (MNA) from the University of San Francisco. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for nearly 20 years, with the last decade in administration, including development, compliance, and financial management. Before joining El Centro, she served as Programs Director at Community Bridges, the largest social service–providing nonprofit in Santa Cruz County, CA, where she oversaw five family resource centers.

Angelo Castellanos 
Secretary

Paula Múnera Belanger

Paula Múnera Belanger is a bilingual nonprofit leader with over 20 years of experience in business communication, customer engagement, and community-centered program development. She currently serves as Board Secretary and Fundraising Committee Chair at ECCO, supporting governance, strategy, and sustainable fundraising initiatives.. She holds a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Corporate Communications from Universidad de La Salle.

Angelica Rivera

Chief Executive Officer,

Colmex Construction


Angelo Castellanos

Field Organizer Supervisor,

Resilience Force



Wendy Lopez Jones

Co-Owner & Operator,

Jones Orthodontics



Stephanie Davi McNeely

Chief Development Officer,

ACE Mentor Program of America




Elizabeth Broekman

Regional Director of Business Development, OnPath Credit Union



Christine Gregg

Associate Vice President of Education,

The WWII Museum




Axel Rosa

ECCO Communications Advisor

Artist Manager, South 25 Entertainment