Plot + Learn is a Latino-owned consulting practice led by Alberto Espinoza. He brings more than a decade of experience supporting networks, funders, coalitions, and mission-driven organizations in strengthening systems for collaboration, data use, learning, and collective impact. Alberto has extensive experience at the intersection of evaluation, knowledge management, digital transformation, and network capacity-building.
Most recently he served as Knowledge and Learning Manager at PEAK Grantmaking, where he guided programs and data strategies across a national network of more than 500 grantmaking organizations and 8,000+ grants professionals. His leadership includes designing user-centered digital learning management infrastructures, implementing the Equitable Evaluation Framework, and facilitating co-designed program frameworks and evaluation systems with volunteer advisors and cross-functional teams.
Alberto brings a strong track record of facilitating systems-level change and multi-stakeholder collaboration. At the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation, he provided evaluation leadership across regional health programs, contributed to collective impact initiatives such as Unidos Contra la Diabetes, and managed a $74 million grants portfolio that supported healthcare research, delivery, and social determinants of health. Alberto has direct experience supporting binational entrepreneurship. As a small business advisor in South Texas, he advised and trained Mexican nationals seeking to start businesses in the United States, offering one-on-one Spanish-language technical assistance, developing business plans, and conducting on-site consultations to support successful launches.
Services
We help mission-driven organizations use data, evaluation, and technology to learn, improve, and grow. Whether through tailored consulting, hands-on support, or customized training, we provide bilingual and bicultural services that help teams build the skills and systems they need to drive meaningful change.
Evaluation Services
Data Maturity Assessments
Evaluability Assessments
Needs Assessments
Process, Outcome, or Impact Evaluations
Data and Technology
Data Collection, Management, and Analysis
CRM Implementation
Data Visualizations and Dashboards
Knowledge, Learning, and Capacity Building
Knowledge Management Strategy
Organizational Learning
Knowledge Curation and Synthesis
Digital Knowledge Hubs
