Jamie Torres serves as deputy director for the Denver mayor's agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships and director of the Denver Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs, where she coordinates city-wide immigrant and refugee integration efforts. Torres provides staff support to Denver's Immigrant & Refugee Commission and Agency Advisory Board, promoting collaborative opportunities and dynamic community engagement. She is a member of the board of directors of Groundwork Denver and was appointed to the board of commissioners of the Denver Housing Authority by Mayor Michael Hancock in 2013, where she serves as board treasurer and chair of the Finance & Operations Committee. Torres recently joined the board of Denver Community Ventures, the nonprofit arm of the Denver Housing Authority. She received her undergraduate degree in anthropology from the Colorado College and her master's in medical anthropology from the University of Colorado Denver.