Bruni Pizarro is stepping down after three years as the leader of Junta for Progressive Action, New Haven’s oldest Hispanic social-services agency.
She made the announcement in a video released this week.
In the video (above), she speaks of how the Fair Haven-based agency tackled vaccine hesitancy and equity and the eviction crisis since she assumed the executive director position right before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pizarro said she is leaving to start a marketing firm with her husband, Daniel Pizarro, called For La Diáspora.
Pizarro’s last day at Junta is April 21. The agency is searching for an interim director, according to board Chair Rafael Ramos.
“We wish her well in her future endeavors,” Junta board Chair Rafael Ramos said of Pizarro.