We’re so glad you could join us at Noche Bella! Thank you for turning out to celebrate together as a community and dance the night away. We hope you had a wonderful time! We’re so excited to share that with your support and generosity, we raised $575,100 to support the health and wellness of many more Latino youth, families, and communities!
Through your support, we ignite a curiosity and opportunity for learning in young children, empower youth with education support, wellness tools, and a community of peers, and provide resources that generate powerful economic opportunities for families to prosper.
Special thanks to our speakers, including our host Joaquin Lopez, Josephine Davis, Mikki Rodríguez, Tony DeFalco, Giovanna Reyes Loera, Sadie Feibel, Commissioner Carmen Rubio, and Molly Washington. Thank you to our performers, Mariachi Tradición from Forest Grove High School, Ballet Folklórico Corazones Alegres, and DJ Mami Miami, and our amazing honorees Cynthia Gómez and Paul Lumley.
Thank you for being part of this wonderful community—and a huge thank you to OnPoint Community Credit Union for being our Presenting Sponsor this year! Next year, we will return to the Portland Art Museum for another beautiful Noche Bella. Save the date: Friday, September 20, 2024.
Thank you again and we'll see you next year!
The success of this event will provide resources to families and deliver much-needed programs and services to those who need them most.
Noche Bella is Latino Network’s biggest fundraiser of the year, which celebrates our accomplishments over the past year, and where we also present our annual Rey España Aguila Awards to activists, volunteers, and supporters who embody Rey’s spirit and the values of Latino Network. Our work springs from the core belief in Latino community self-determination—that is, the ability of community members to participate meaningfully in the decisions that affect their lives and the lives of their families.
Presenting Sponsor
Presenting Sponsor
If you’re interested in sponsoring Noche Bella 2023 please reach out to James Rincon, our Development Associate at james@latnet.org.
2023 Rey España Águila Award Honorees
Cynthia Gomez
Portland State University
Cynthia Carmina Gómez is Portland State University’s Director of Community and Civic Impact, where she brings ideas and knowledge into practice through community-centered initiatives. She serves on the university’s Climate Justice Committee and Hispanic-Serving Institution initiative. She oversees Latiné Futures, a community collaboration to co-create a bold vision for our community’s future. An Oregon Governors’ Gold Civic Leadership awardee, she has 22 years of experience as a faculty and higher education administrator and worked ten years at Latino Network coordinating leadership programs. Cynthia is a futurist, cultural strategist, and creative writer with an MFA in nonfiction writing and a Master’s in Education. She serves on the Board of Directors of Latino Network as well as the American Leadership Forum.
Cynthia’s education began in Camp 52, Arizona, a small migrant community on the outskirts of Phoenix where she was born. She was raised in Yuma along the US-Mexico border. A native Spanish speaker, Cynthia is a dual US and Mexican citizen.
Paul Lumley
Cascade AIDS Project (formerly of NAYA)
Paul Lumley is the Chief Executive Officer for Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) and is a citizen of the Yakama Nation. He came to CAP in 2023 after being the Chief Executive Officer of the Native American Youth and Family Center since 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Lumley served as the Executive Director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) from 2009 to 2016 and Executive Director of the National American Indian Housing Council in Washington DC from 2007 to 2009. While in DC, Paul Lumley served as the Senior Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Department of Defense from 2004-2007. From 1987 to 2004, Mr. Lumley served under several capacities at CRITFC.
Paul Lumley currently serves as a Commissioner for the City of Portland’s Independent District Commission and the Portland Clean Energy Fund. He got a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Western Washington University in 1986. Paul identifies as Two-Spirit and lives with his husband in Portland.
