The Center for Strengthening Youth Prevention Paradigms (SYPP) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, provides capacity building assistance to community coalitions and agencies working to combat the health inequities harming LGBTQ youth of color, such as HIV, homelessness, criminalization, and school-based violence.Responsible for:• Training Lead • Coalition Building • Curriculum Design • Campaign Support • Client Recruitment • Webinars Management • Event Management • CBA Clients Sample: Covenant House of California; Los Angeles County Department of Probation; Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation; Alliance for GLBTQ Youth of Miami, Florida; University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine; Los Angeles County Juvenile Court Health Services; Adolescent Trials Network’s Connect 2 Protect National Network; La Clínica de la Raza of Oakland, California; Youth Policy Institute; Los Angeles County Department of HIV & STD Programs• Conference Presentationso 2013: United States Conference on AIDS- Laying the Foundation for Transgender Appropriate Implementation of High Impact Prevention Strategies; Models of Pride – Empower Yourself! Building Your Youth Advocate Skills; EDGY Conference – Using HEADS4 Trans Youth: A Culturally Competent Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment Tool for Transgender Youth; California Association of School Counselors Conference – Transgender Basics: Laying the Foundation for Continuous Learningo 2014: National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS & Other Health Disparities – Mobilizing Your Agency Towards Youth-Driven Design; Creating Change – Thinking Upstream: Building Coalitions to Reduce the Structural Barriers of HIV among LGBTQ Youth; Time to THRIVE – Thinking Upstream: Building Coalitions to Reduce Health Inequities among LGBTQ Youth

youTHink is an arts-based leadership development program for middle and high school students of color in Los Angeles County based at the Zimmer Children's Museum. youTHink provides youth of color opportunities to learn about social justice issues and practice strategies to make meaningful change in their schools and communities. Responsible for:• Program Management for Student Internship, Action Projects, and Enrichment Projects • Curricular Technical Assistance • Staff Supervision • Case Management • Grant Development • Partnerships Management • Curriculum Design • Schools Recruitment • School Partners Sample: Esteban Torres High; Los Angeles River School; Los Angeles School of Global Studies; Sutter Middle School; Reid High; Los Angeles High School of the Arts; Lincoln High; Fremont High; Anahuacalmecac University Preparatory High; Compton High

Gay-Straight Alliance Network is a national youth-driven organization that supports middle and high school LGBTQ and Ally youth in creating Gay-Straight Alliance clubs and using them as platforms for social justice organizing to change anti-LGBTQ violence, school push out, and other issues. Southern California region encompasses 10 counties, stretching from Kern County to San Diego County.Responsible for:• Program Management • Staff Supervision • Youth Development • Curriculum Design • Campaign Organizing • Event Management • Campaign Support • GSA Base Building • Partnerships Management • Policy Advocacy• Conference Presentationso 2008: Models of Pride- How to Start a GSA; Campaigns for Safer Schoolso 2009: Models of Pride – How to Have a Kick Ass GSA, All Colors of the Rainbow: GSAs in Schools of Coloro 2010: CESCal’s National Educator Conference Focused on LGBTQIA Youth – Youth-Led Campaigns for Safer Schools for LGBTQ Students; Models of Pride – How to Have a Kick Ass GSA, GSAs Fighting for Trans Rightso 2011: California Teachers Association GLBT Conference – Being a GSA Advisor, Youth-Led Campaigns for Safer Schools for LGBTQ Students; Queer People of Conference – Trans & Queer High School Youth Leadership Institute; Models of Pride – How to Have a Kick Ass GSA, GSAs Fighting for Trans Rights

Youth Policy Institute is a youth development agency providing services to working-class youth of color in Los Angeles County through academic enrichment, case management, and wraparound services. Coordinated after-school program at middle school in Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles.Responsible for: • Program Management • Staff Supervision • Youth Development • Curriculum Design • Parent Relations • Event Management • Partnerships Management • ASES Compliance • Leadership Development

PowerPac is a political action organization dedicated to increasing participation of communities of color in the electoral process at the local, regional, state, and national levels. Coordinated campaign activities in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Responsible for:• Campaign Management • Staff Supervision • Community Outreach • Base Building • Voter Education • Event Management • Product Dissemination

Salvadoran American Leadership and Education Fund is a community development organization building the capacity of Salvadoran American communities to improve their lives through educational access, community empowerment, and academic support for youth. Coordinated mentoring program for middle and high school students in Pico Union neighborhood of Los Angeles.Responsible for:• Mentoring Program Management • Volunteer Recruitment and Supervision • Youth Outreach • Partnership Management • Event Management

Co-directed peer mentoring retention program for new first generation and students of color at liberal arts college. Responsible for recruiting older student mentors, providing training, and pairing with new student mentees. Organized cultural enrichment activities aimed at providing students with supportive activities and team-building opportunities.