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Ruby Corado is the Founder and Executive Director of Casa Ruby. She was born in San Salvador, El Salvador. She fled a civil war when she was 16 years old in 1986. She has lived in Washington, D.C. for the past 33 years, where she has devoted the last 25 years to advocating for the inclusion of transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in mainstream society.She is a self-made, tireless advocate and leader for social justice, and her hard work has helped gain legal protections in Washington, D.C. She has fought for LGBTQ human rights, transgender liberation, immigration equality, and access to healthcare, and fought against hate crimes/violence and many other disparities and issues facing the communities that she represents.
 
Ruby Corado has received a multitude of awards from local, national and international organizations. Ruby is a bilingual inspirational speaker and nationally recognized sensitivity trainer focusing on social justice issues facing transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming people, both in English and Spanish.