Cindy Navarro

Cindy believes that change is built through relationships and community, and that relationship-ing, the practice of showing up for one another, is at the heart of it all.

 

As a Brand & Website Development Specialist at The People’s Place (TPP), Cindy brings 10 years of experience in marketing, communications, and digital media to work that helps mission-driven organizations get their message out into the world. As founder of CNCO Design Studio, a boutique brand and web design studio, she partners with nonprofits, foundations, and community-focused change-makers. Cindy is drawn to this work by the chance to find real alignment with organizations doing good for people and to support their cause in her own way, helping them feel supported as they share their story.

​

Cindy’s work includes managing the social media team for the historic 2018 congressional campaign in which Jahana Hayes became the first Black woman elected to Congress from Connecticut. The campaign website Cindy designed was archived by the U.S. Library of Congress for its historical significance. She also served as Digital Press Secretary for Congresswoman Hayes (CT-05) and as the first dedicated social media hire for Wesleyan University’s Office of Advancement, later founding CNCO Design Studio to bring thoughtful brand and web design to mission-driven clients. In Waterbury, her community involvement with WEPA (Waterbury Empowers the People to Act) helped develop the Waterbury Campaign School and led her to become a founding board member of TPP. Through these experiences, she developed the community-centered approach that shapes her work. Cindy holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, is a Certified Web Accessibility Specialist, and is a graduate of the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women: Black in Business program. She also serves as a board member of the Leever Foundation.

​

Working alongside TPP’s leaders, project development team, and fiscally sponsored projects, Cindy helps each project share its message with confidence and feel supported along the way, strengthening the relationships and community at the heart of TPP’s justice-centered work. She guides projects in building authentic brand identities, growing their online presence through media strategy and storytelling, improving their websites for accessibility and usability, and setting up internal workspace systems.

​

Outside of work, Cindy treasures family time. She loves reading romance and fantasy novels, playing Animal Crossing and Harry Potter games, doing needlework, and singing and dancing terribly along to Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving with her toddler.

​