Janine Carambot Santoro (she/her) serves the City of Bethlehem as the Director of Equity and Inclusion. She currently works alongside City Hall employees and community partners to co-create the City’s first Equity Plan and an Environmental Justice framework for approaching the City’s Climate Action Plan. Janine received her B.A. in English and Psychology from Rutgers University (NJ), her M.Div from Drew Theological School (NJ), and has obtained both her Diversity and Inclusion Certificate and Equitable Community Change certificates from Cornell University (NY). She currently serves as the President of the Latino Leadership Alliance of the Lehigh Valley (LLALV), a board member of Fairness PA, and is a candidate for ordination within the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination. Janine enjoys spending her time with her partner, Steve, and getting into (good) trouble with her beautiful, kind, and smart children, Joseph and Hannah.
