As a committed water quality and compliance professional, Gracie Torres became the youngest and first immigrant Latina elected to serve as Vice-President on Western Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors, where she aims to dedicate her service on transparency, water quality and conservation, and job creation.
Gracie is a co-founder of IEWORKS and was instrumental in bringing $1.5 million for water/wastewater workforce development. Director Torres also serves on the Boards of the Inland SoCal United Way, Operation New Hope, Hispanic Coalition for Small Businesses, and Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice.
Gracie is also the benefactor of Beca Angelita, a scholarship named after her abuelita aimed to help high school students of color interested in STEM.
Gracie earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a master’s in environmental science from California State University, San Bernardino and is currently completing her Doctorate at Cal Baptist University in Public Administration. She is raising her three children in Riverside alongside her husband, Eric.
