Mariely Luengo was raised in a Cuban Sephardi family in Puerto Rico. She moved to the United States to partake in Georgetown University’s International Diplomacy masters program. She began her career in development with the Goldsmith Family Fund, and since moving to Ohio, she co-founded The West Tribe, a nonprofit that serves and assists the Jewish community on the west side of Cleveland. Mariely is a sought after nonprofit strategic consultant, specializing in urban research, development and comprehensive cultural marketing. She is the Board Chair of the Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center, is an active volunteer at the Cleveland Clinic-- which specializes in NICU babies and pediatric care-- and most recently, Mariely joined CNN en Español as a guest panelist and cultural commentator for Art and Culture in the Latinx community.