Clark-Fulton/Cudell | Economic Development
Kevin de Leon is passionate about seeing the success of his family, friends, peers, and community. His first mission was to be his family’s voice upon their arrival to Cleveland as Guatemalan immigrants. As a first-generation college graduate from CSU, Kevin started realizing his responsibility to his community and started volunteering at MetroHealth and Esperanza Inc. as a mentor to Cleveland Latino youth. After graduation, Kevin joined AmeriCorps and was lead to Luis Muñoz Marín and Lincoln West to help students learn about various career options in the medical field. Kevin then joined OSU extension to provide nutrition awareness to underserved populations throughout Cleveland. Following his roots and passion, Kevin joined the Hispanic Alliance mission named “La Placita” a movement to uplift and highlight Cleveland’s diverse and cultural Latino population through art, food and business. From there he has helped lead community clean-ups in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood and one day hopes to transform his current neighborhood’s historic business district, known as Lorain Station, to create opportunities for up-and-coming Cleveland based small business owners.
