Viviana Santibañez is a strong community leader working with marginalized communities for over 12 years, focusing on supporting and advocating for Latinos living with HIV and LGBTQI Latin refugees.
She is a service provider for non-profits organizations such as Latinos Positivos Toronto, PWA, Center for Spanish speaking people, Hispanic Canadian Heritage Council, Canada Trans Summit, and OCS; she is the first Latina woman appointed to the board of directors of Ontario HIV Treatment Network (2018-2022). While she was living in the USA, she served in the Ryan White Planning Council and the CPG Houston Preventing Planning Group from (2011-2018)
She has a background in community health work, nursing, community capacity building, and digital communications. She recently secured her qualifications as an immigration consultant to assist her community at no cost. Viviana refers people to social, legal, and health services and seeks to incentivize the LGBTQI community in Latino/Hispanic events. Between 2019 and 2022, she has assisted over 30 refugees in applying for protection, many of whom are Permanent residents today, especially those individuals living with HIV. Recently she was awarded the Inspire LGBTQ person of the year 2022 by the Inspired Award in the province of Ontario.
