As the Deputy Director, Ortiz manages CCE’s justice education work, leads the development of organizational systems and processes, and works with the Executive Director on people and culture issues. Prior to joining CCE, Ortiz was the Chief of Staff of the Politics and Policy Department at RepresentUs, an organization fighting political corruption, working to reform American democracy, and pushing back against authoritarianism. In the past, she's worked on a very diverse set of social and racial justice issues including criminal justice reform, ending the school to prison pipeline, eliminating judicial elections, immigration issues, transportation equity, tobacco control, and reproductive rights. Ortiz received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration from Utica University (fka Utica College of Syracuse University). She also has Executive Education certificates from the Harvard Kennedy School in Financial Management and from Harvard Business School in Performance Management and Effectiveness.