Abelio Carrillo Chales (he/him/él) is the Community Resource Organizer based in the Community Building Center in Cottage Grove. Abelio joined the team in 2021 to coordinate the food pantry that opened at the height of the pandemic and to serve as a Mam translator for the Guatemalan community. Abelio’s ability to form connections and make […]
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Abelio Carrillo Chales
Community Resource Organizer
abelio@rop.org
Abelio Carrillo Chales (he/him/él) is the Community Resource Organizer based in the Community Building Center in Cottage Grove. Abelio joined the team in 2021 to coordinate the food pantry that opened at the height of the pandemic and to serve as a Mam translator for the Guatemalan community. Abelio’s ability to form connections and make people feel at ease quickly led to him taking on additional responsibilities at ROP. Alongside translation work, Abelio also leads our program to navigate people into the Oregon Worker Relief Program, creates vital informational videos in the Mam language, and helps to lead efforts to form a Lane County Accompaniment program to help keep people out of ICE custody. When he isn’t busy supporting families accessing community resources, Abelio enjoys traveling the state to play soccer, drawing, and spending time with his family.
