Celesté Martinez

Celesté Martinez is a Queer Chicana - born in Santa Cruz, California, raised in San Antonio, Texas and now calling Denver, Colorado home for 14 years. She identifies as Chicana, embracing the complexity of being Mestiza, both indigenous of Cherokee and Nahua lineages as well as of Spanish descent, while being politically active in her Colorado community.  

Celesté received a dual Bachelor’s of Arts in Philosophy and Peace & Justice Studies from Regis University. She previously worked with organizations such as El Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores, Together Colorado and United for a New Economy (UNE) in varying roles and capacities. Her experience from working as an organizer to nonprofit director taught Celesté invaluable lessons on how to build, develop and transition organizations, which she often applies her diverse skill set to meet the needs of her clients through Celestial Alegria, which she founded in June 2020. 

Through Celestial Alegria, Celesté is committed to igniting joy through transformation. Her offerings include: life coaching, facilitation, and a range of consulting services in support of arts and social justice organizations. Celesté also stewarded community programs known as the Confronting Anti-Blackness for Latinx & Chicanx, the Reparations Network and Movimiento Music. 

Celesté is currently a member of Good Business Colorado, Mijente, and a proud 2019 fellow of Transformative Leadership for Change.

Celesté is also highly involved in the Colorado music scene with her Latin Feminist Punk project Soy Celesté.  She is also the band and live production manager of The Villanas, an all femme band, in support of Katiria- who is a renowned Puertorican Latin Pop Artist. You can most commonly find her making music with her bandmates, writing poetry, hanging at community events, and loving on her two adorable chihuahuas.