Profile Information
Location
Gardena, CA
Country
United States
Postal Code
90249
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Alternative school administrator, community advocate, and doctoral student at Pepperdine studying educational leadership, administration, and policy.
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
Site Director: New Opportunities Organization - provides disenfranchised and at-risk populations the training for academic, vocational, social, and emotional skills required for obtaining work skills and successful participation or reentry to society as active, participating, and productive citizens. By providing programs relevant to the identified needs of disenfranchised individuals, our mission is to break the cycles of recidivism and failure.
Founder and Executive Director: One Step 4ward - A non-profit whose mission is to provide high quality, culturally relevant, and sustainable vocational and educational pathways that support social and economic wealth in underserved communities.
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
I am dedicated to increasing trauma awareness within underserved communities and advocating for policies and programs that create a culture of CARE between families, schools, and communities to support the social and academic functioning of Urban Adolescents.
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
none
