Isabel Coronado

Isabel Coronado is a citizen of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation, an Oklahoma advocate for children of incarcerated parents, and a philanthropist. She formerly managed the Family-Based Justice Center (FBJC), a federally funded national technical assistance center that supports local counties, states, and Tribal nations in developing family-based alternatives to incarceration — helping keep families together through comprehensive services rather than sending parents or primary caregivers to prison. During her time with FBJC, she helped launch 13 family-based alternative-to-incarceration programs nationwide.

Prior to joining NYU, Isabel was selected as a Policy Entrepreneur with the Next100 cohort, where she researched, advocated, and authored an original policy proposal advancing supports for children impacted by parental incarceration. Before that, she served as Deputy Director of the American Indian Criminal Justice Navigation Council, leading the development of a new Oklahoma-based nonprofit focused on supporting incarcerated Native people during reentry and strengthening reconnection to their families and Tribal communities.

Isabel was recognized by the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute as a 2018 Champion for Change, named Mvskoke Women’s Leadership 2019 College Student of the Year, and selected by the Mvskoke Youth Council as the 2020 Youth Visionary for her work promoting civic engagement.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern State University in 2017 and her Master of Public Health, with an emphasis in rural and underserved populations, from Oklahoma State University in 2019.