Diane Ross

Diana Ross is the Executive Director at the Mid-City Community Advocacy Network (Mid-City CAN), a community collaborative comprised of community members and their allies. Mid-City CAN builds community power and develops community leadership to advocate for change. Under Diana’s leadership Mid-City CAN has executed successful campaigns to establish the first no-cost youth transit pass in San Diego, develop 2 skate parks, serve Halal school lunches, and a restorative justice alternative to juvenile incarceration. Diana is routinely cited by media, including but not limited to: KPBS, Univision, and Voice of San Diego.

Diana holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA where she received the Riordan Fellowship at UCLA’s Andersen School of Management and a master’s degree from the University of San Diego. She was a Rotary Scholar in Cairo, Egypt. She is a San Diego native who speaks English, Arabic, and Spanish.