Anita Romero-Warren

Anita Romero Warren has been the Director of Operations and Administration for the Weeksville Heritage Center since December 2012. Weeksville is a multidimensional museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn. She served as the Deputy Director for the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) for over 15 years. She also served as Interim Executive Director several times during her tenure. Anita initially worked with JCAL as the organizer for the first two Jamaica Arts & Music Festival. Before coming to JCAL, she was the Deputy Director of the Southeast Queens Community Partnership, as well as the Neighborhood Director for Neighborhood Housing Services of Northern Queens. She studied Community Health Education at York College, HR Management at Molloy College, and completed the Queens College ACE Program for Business Management. Anita was born in Woodside, Queens and she continues to show unparalleled commitment to the communities of Southeast Queens where she currently lives. She has worked with a host of civic, youth and block associations on an array of community issues and events. She has served on the Queens Borough President’s African American Heritage Committee, the Queens General Assembly and as an Advisory Board Member for the Queens Educational Opportunity Center and Youth Court of Queens County. She was the Board Chair of the Violence Intervention Program, an organization dedicated to ending domestic violence. Anita resides in Southeast Queens with her husband Allan Warren. She is the proud mother to 3 sons, 3 stepchildren and 4 grandchildren.