Jeaiza Quiñones

Grants & Operations Assistant

Jeaiza Quiñones joined the Trellis Foundation in 2025 after six years with the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona in Tucson. At CFSA, she first supported the foundation as a social media and events coordinator. From there she developed a passion for program management and grants administration, transitioning to support competitive grant and scholarship programs as a community impact manager and then overseeing the foundation’s community impact strategy as its senior director for community impact. She currently serves as co-chair of PEAK Grantmaking’s Black Caucus. In her free time, Jeaiza is an avid reader and is passionate about supporting literacy and access to books. She volunteers as a social media manager, photographer, and co-chair of the marketing committee for the Tucson Festival of Books. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Prairie View A&M University and a master’s degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations from Syracuse University.