About Cara
Cara Dessert, CEO at The San Diego LGBTQ+ Community Center, the largest service provider for LGBTQ+ people in the San Diego binational border region. Dessert is a queer Latina attorney with over 20 years in social justice leadership. Her efforts have more than doubled the organization’s funding, allowing for the expansion of direct services and advocacy for the community across seven locations. She’s contributed to the well-being of the LGBTQ+ community by extending The Center’s housing services to include the first LGBTQ-affirming youth shelter in San Diego County and spearheading the creation of the South Bay Youth Center, the first center dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth in the South Bay region of San Diego County.
