Our Team.
Color Splash Out is a nonprofit organization that operates at a grassroots level. This means that all activities of our organization are led by our main body of members, our Board of Directors and founding volunteers. Everyone comes from all walks of life, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify and faith or no faith tradition. Our mission is to create safe and brave spaces, and it all starts with our team of volunteers.
Our Color Splash Out Team consists of our camp director, director for music and performing arts, our director of media, and our director of internship programming, our director of education and workshops, as well as behavioral science and registered nurse volunteers who make the affirming spectrum team.
Yadi Martínez-Reyna
Founder & Executive Director
Adora Xannifer Yzaguirre
2026 Camp Director & Leader
Samantha
Camp Lead and Director
Eli Rodriguez
Directors of Arts and Media
Charlise Lee
Community and Operations Director
Frankie Leigh
Grant Volunteer Writer | Summer Camp Workshop Lead
Josh Camacho
Media, Music and Technical Support
Cel
Summer Camp - The Variety Extravaganza Show Lead
Ollie Valdez- Ortiz
Fellows lead
Get to Know Us
The Rev. Yadi Martínez-Reyna,(MDiV), is a non-binary, queer, Latin, individual ordained in the United Church of Christ, an artist, and founder of Color Splash Out.
Color Splash Out began in 2022 when Yadi called a few friends with an idea: a queer camp. That first conversation grew into a summer program built to welcome every teen—regardless of class, gender, sexuality, or faith.
Today, Color Splash Out is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit creating year-round safe and brave spaces for LGBTQ+ youth and their allies, ages 11–23—far beyond camp.
Our Board of Directors
Charlise Lee
Chair- Madam President
Ollie Valdez-Ortiz
Admin/Secretary
Elija Rodriquez
Board Finance Officer
Our 2027 Fellows!
They also lead CSO’s leadership internship program, The Fellowship of the Unicorns, a mentorship and training pathway for youth who have attended camp at least once and experienced all the elements of camp—offering ongoing support as fellows help dream, plan, and prepare parts of CSO’s yearly summer camp.
Ollie Valdez-Ortiz
Jackson
Natalie
Our 2026 Fellows!
