Our Team


Luke Argleben
Email: luke@hispanicaccess.org

Luke Argleben

Director of Development

Luke oversees fundraising for Hispanic Access Foundation—leading corporate, foundation, government, and individual donor outreach.

Luke is a millennial Mexican American who was raised in the outdoors and is especially drawn to Hispanic Access’ conservation programs. Ever since early childhood, he has camped, fished, backpacked, and explored the outdoors. In high school, Hispanic Access gave him the opportunity to travel out West to explore the beauty of America’s national parks and to highlight the issues surrounding them.

Those experiences and his love for the outdoors inspired him to study environmental biology and chemistry at Christopher Newport University, where he graduated magna cum laude. Although his education focused primarily on science, Luke made it a priority to infuse his environmental studies with policy analysis and discussion. To Luke, the relationship between people and their world is the most central element to understand.

Our Grantees

Ana Salgado

Ana is originally from Honduras where she received a BS in Environmental Engineering. Ana has lived in Florida…

Breanna Gonzalez

Breanna González is an Environmental Policy Coordinator based in Denver, Colorado, the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of…

Cecilia Arteaga

Cecilia enjoys working in spaces where marketing meets advocacy, and where creativity rises from adversity. After graduating from…

Dr. Orlando Kent Mercado White JD

Professionally I have been dedicated to providing medical and legal professional services ranging from management to being a…

Faruk Bagdah

Manager of environmental management and sustainable development programs, University professor in the environmental area, coordinator and evaluator of…

Isabella Briseno

Bella is an undergraduate student at Penn State University double majoring in Environmental Resource Management and Political Science.…

Katherine (Angela) Weikel

I’m excited to be an ambassador for Latin@ Conservation Week! I feel in love with the outdoors as…

Laura Zárate

Laura Zárate’s love of plants began with her abuelas’ gardens and the aromatic hierbas used by a barrio…

Priscilla Inostroza

Priscilla is a student at Texas State University studying Wildlife Biology with a minor in Environmental Studies. She…

Roxana Saravia

Roxana Saravia is from Long Island, New York and she has experience in environmental education, field work, and…

Shley Suarez-Burgos

Shley Suarez Burgos (she/her/hers) was born and raised in Miami. At a young age, Shley discovered her passion…

Virginia Ansaldi

Virginia Ansaldi has over 10 years experience working in outdoor education, experiential learning, and science communication. She is…

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Latino Conservation Week is a collection of events from variety of organizations. Hispanic Access Foundation is only directly responsible for events in which it is listed as a sponsor.