Santiago Orosco (he/they or él/elle pronouns) is a queer, disabled Chicano from Houston, Texas currently serving as New Disabled South’s Director of Organizing. They are a community organizer and nonprofit professional with a background in grassroots organizing, nonprofit fundraising, and stakeholder engagement. Outside of work, Santiago enjoys caring for their plantitas, catching all the Pokemon, and playing with their dogs, Osito and Estrellita.

Santiago started their organizing journey at the University of Texas at Austin where they advocated for the removal of confederate statues and the expansion of resources for BIPOC and first-generation students. After college, they worked as a Development Assistant at the Texas International Education Consortium (an international education nonprofit) and assisted with grant applications that won $1.7M in government and institutional funding. In 2019, they worked as a State Projects Assistant at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities where they supported a state advocacy project to protect and expand safety net programs in 20+ states. During the 2020 cycle, as a Field Director, they organized bilingual field, digital, and constituency organizing programs for federal and state campaigns in Houston and Austin, Texas. From 2021 to 2023, they worked as an Outreach Associate at ActBlue where they helped movement building and civic engagement nonprofits build sustainable digital fundraising programs.