Bio

Wilmer Jiménez is an educator and activist for change, with a broad range of community-based experience. In his five years with RMM, he has served as Youth Empowerment Coordinator, Western New York Associate Regional Coordinator, Regional Coordinator and, most recently, Chief Program Officer.

Previously, he worked extensively with youth, focusing on identity, voice and culture. Serving with the Oswego County Migrant Education Program, he worked with in-school and homeless youth from agricultural communities. Wilmer also served with Oswego County Opportunities as a Homeless Outreach and Youth Specialist, and later, as Health & Wellness Coordinator for the Spanish Action League of Onondaga County, where he developed support groups for men and women as well as a domestic violence prevention program.

Wilmer holds an associate’s degree in Humanities and Social Science from Cayuga Community College, a bachelor’s degree in Health and Wellness Management from the State University of New York at Oswego, and a master's degree in Applied Clinical Nutrition from Northeast College of Health Sciences.

A native of Guatemala, Wilmer immigrated to the United States at age 14, working on a strawberry and apple farm. He later worked as a milker, cow pusher and machine technician on a dairy farm in Auburn, New York.