Celeste sits on the Albuquerque Sister Cities Foundation Board and is Chair of the Albuquerque-Guadalajara Sister City relationship where she facilitates STEM and Art youth exchanges through the Space Messengers program. Celeste has also supported cross border collaboration with other communities in Mexico. In 2019, Celeste served as the organizer of the Albuquerque – Chihuahua Sister City Bilateral Commission. Led by the cities’ mayors, the commission provided a platform for mutually benefiting collaboration in areas such as economic development, public safety, tourism, and others.
Celeste is also a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) New Mexico Advisory Board. In 2020, she was selected as the New Mexico Next Gen Global Leader with the USGLC.
In addition, Celeste is a member of the Global Shapers Albuquerque hub, and serves as the Biz Dev and Mentorship Project lead. Born under the World Economic Forum, Global Shapers are a network of over 500 hubs in the world made of young leaders focused on enacting change in their communities.