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Meet the team

The Alianza Cero Basura team is composed of committed, passionate citizens of Todos Santos and Pescadero who are working hard to realize our common vision of a more sustainable future for the area we call home. 

Carla Ramírez

McKenzie Campbell

Jaresy Plata Barrientos

Antonio Diego Fernandez

Mayra Itati Luis Martinez

Marla Orenstein

Jenny Sutton

Caitlin Allen

Bryan Batson Jáuregui

Carla Ramírez

Carla is Alianza Cero Basura's Executive Director. She joined ACB as the Community Engagement and Education Engagement Coordinator, and was promoted to Executive Director 18 months later. Born and raised in Baja California Sur, Carla is a true sudcaliforniana. She has a BA in Alternative Tourism from the Autonomous University of BCS in La Paz, and an MA in Ecological Restoration from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. As part of her Master's program she spent three months in Costa Rica working on community participation in biodiversity conservation. Carla worked as the Education Program Coordinator for the Conquista La Mar program for environmental training and innovation, training young people to become nature guides, and has spent several years working as a naturalist guide in Baja.

McKenzie Campbell

McKenzie is a founding member of Alianza Cero Basura (ACB) and serves on the advisory board. She is the Baja California Sur Program Officer for the International Community Foundation, ACB's US fiscal sponsor, where she provides leadership to teams working in the areas of food systems, sustainable cities and waste reduction. McKenzie formerly served as the Director of the Colorado State University (CSU) Center in Todos Santos, and earlier co-founded and directed Living Roots, a nonprofit that helps incubate social enterprises with remote ranching communities in BCS. McKenzie has an MBA in Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise from CSU.

Jaresy Plata Barrientos

Jaresy is Alianza Cero Basura’s Organic Waste Program Coordinator. She has an MA in Forestry Sciences from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and is passionate about scientific dissemination, especially community ecology. A resident of Baja Sur since 2020, Jaresy has specialized in Biological Soil Crusts in arid soils and their restoration. She worked on the TERECOVA ecological restoration project with the University of Alicante in Spain, and volunteers as a monitor of biodiversity conservation with CATIE in Costa Rica.

Antonio Diego Fernandez

Antonio is the Alianza Cero Basura coordinator for the CSU Todos Santos Center and is an integral part of the ACB's education program. Prior to joining the team he served for 7 years as the Co-Director of ConservArte, a network of schools, scientists and artists engaged in the creation and management of an environmental education program for the children of rural fishermen throughout Baja California Sur. The group worked with 1,200 students annually. Antonio has a degree in communications science and a certificate in sustainable development.

Mayra Itati Luis Martinez

Mayra is Alianza Cero Basura’s Waste Separation Program Coordinator. Born and raised in La Paz, Mayra studied Marine Biology at the Autonomous University of BCS and worked with Green Sea Turtle Population Structure projects in the Espiritu Santo Archipelago Marine Zone National Park and in the Olive Ridley turtle nesting camps in Cabo San Lucas. Mayra has been a resident of Todos Santos for 7 years, and led Alianza Cero Basura’s initial waste separation pilot projects with two major tourism businesses in town.

Marla Orenstein

Marla cares deeply about healthy environments and thriving populations, which is why she was delighted to join ACB as Chair of the Advisory Board. Marla is a highly visible public thought leader on resource management, environment, climate, energy and impact assessment issues. Her previous roles include President of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Director of Resources, Environment and Economy at a Canadian public policy think tank, and visiting fellow at the Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk at the National University of Singapore. She is delighted to put down roots in the unique community of Todos Santos.

Jenny Sutton

Jenny is a member of the ACB board of directors. She serves as Financial Controller for the alliance and is in charge of governance. Jenny spear-headed the ACB's plastic bottle elimination program with the establishment of Todos Santos' first public water bottle refill station at Plaza Amigos. Jenny relocated to Todos Santos in 2018, and has over 20 years of experience in financial services with companies such as GE Capital, JP Morgan, and UBS where she finished her career as a Managing Director in London.

Caitlin Allen

Caitlin started with Alianza Cero Basura as the team leader for Community Outreach and Awareness, and is now a member of the Advisory Board. Born and raised in San Diego, California, Caitlin has a BA in Environmental Studies with a minor in Solar & Renewable Energy from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). Caitlin has been a full-time resident of Baja since 2016, working in health and wellness to regenerate herself, her community and the broader ecosystem we all share.

Bryan Batson Jáuregui

Bryan is a founding member of ACB and serves on the board of directors. In 2018 Bryan helped win a grant from the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund for the precursor of ACB, Deplastificate Todos Santos y Pescadero. Bryan has lived in Todos Santos since 2002 and is the co-founder/operator of two local businesses, Todos Santo Eco Adventures and Los Colibris Casitas, both of which are leaders in sustainability.
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Community Engagement
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Waste Wise Business All Stars Directory
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Map of local companies keeping our area clean

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