Pedro Inzunza Arroyo is an Equity Coach and Cultural Worker passionate about building equitable environments for communities to thrive. As an Equity Coach for school districts, Arroyo coaches school leaders to lead with an equity lens in order to implement collective cultural shifts that lead to positive outcomes. Arroyo has dedicated most of his professional career to working with young men of color and their families to decrease racial disproportionality in education and in the criminal justice system.
A cultural worker, Arroyo continues to serve as a bridge to support, inform, and advocate for Latinx and Chicanx cultural expression. He is the founder of the Chicano SLO Archive documenting two decades of Latinx community and civic culture in San Luis Obispo. Arroyo has collaborated with traditional artists, organizations and agencies to bring voice and visibility to cultural heritage bearers while deepening and expanding perceptions of what it means to be Chicanx in our communities.
He received degrees from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo in Political Science and a Master’s in Education with a focus on Counseling and Guidance. Arroyo is a Boyle Heights native, residing in Oakland California.
When he is not spending time with his family and his dog Chispa, he can be found digging for records at Bay Area record shops or co-hosting Ritmo, a music program at KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, California.