Juvencio Rocha-Peralta

Juvencio Rocha Peralta, Jr., a native of Veracruz, Mexico, has lived in North Carolina since 1980 and has been a community advocate and leader in communities locally and abroad for the past 35 years. Mr. Rocha-Peralta has been the Executive Director and Founder of the Association of Mexicans in North Carolina, Inc. (AMEXCAN) since 2001.

Mr. Rocha-Peralta serves on numerous Task Forces and Boards addressing the needs of the community including as the Founder and President of The Eastern North Carolina Latin-American Coalition Inc., Board Member of the Martin-Pitt Partnership for Children, National Advisory Board of the Institute of Emerging Issues (IEI), Board Member of East Coast Migrant Head Start Project, Board Member of the North Carolina Rural Center, Board Member of Disability Rights NC, and Member of the Rural North Carolina Latino HIV/AIDS Task Force Initiative.