A trio of Latino organizations has appointed Dorchester native Bianca Ortiz-Wythe to fill a newly created position – Latino policy analyst – meant to address key challenges facing Latino families and youth across Massachusetts through research, advocacy, community mobilization, and leadership development.

Amplify Latinx, the Greater Boston Latino Network (GBLN), and UMass Boston’s Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy (Gastón Institute) said that Ortiz-Wythe will work out of the Gastón Institute, a federally designated minority-serving institution in the state.

Ortiz-Wythe, who grew up in a bilingual and intergenerational household, has for more than ten years worked as a community organizer in Boston on issues such as affordable housing, inclusionary development policy, and tenant rights. “I am excited to deepen and expand our collective work to affirmatively advance the well-being and stability of the Latino community,” she said.

Over the next year, the new partnership will be working to create and foster a shared Latinx policy agenda.