Simón is a brother, dog parent, and the first-born son of a strong mother who leads their matriarchal family’s legacy. Simón is part of the transgender community and comes from a family of immigrants with indigenous roots from Oaxaca and Jalisco.

Simón’s love and commitment for reproductive justice comes from his personal upbringing, academic studies, community organizing, and indigenous spiritual outlook.

As a North County local, Simón has a fifteen-year history of fighting for civil rights on a grassroot, state, and national level—predominately around immigrant rights. His feminist programming and advocacy began as a Women Studies major at California State University San Marcos where he organized programming for survivors of sexual violence, led peer educator workshops on safe sex and healthy relationships, and mobilized with survivors all over the country to ensure college campuses were supporting survivors of sexual assault and/or  intimate partner violence. Additionally, Simón played a role in the student organizing efforts that led to the creation of the Latinx and Black Student Centers at CSUSM.

Simón’s professional portfolio includes working for organizations like the California Faculty Association, Project YANO, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers, United We Dream, Colectiva Legal del Pueblo, and the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties.

He’s most proud of being related to his grandparents, three of whom are now ancestors. He dedicates his role and work at the Center to them, his mother, and the women and girls in his family.