Program Director specializing in youth advocacy and mentorship, cultural competency facilitation, conflict resolution and diversity and inclusion framework.Previously I served as a Program Director for Urban Ventures, a non-profit organization based in Minneapolis that strives to end the cycle of poverty for families in the community. During my time, I supervised a staff associate and a team of 12 volunteers.Learning and leading are my favorite ways to uplift and serve any professional environment I am in. By constantly discovering new ways to meet our KPI's, I discovered that it was imperative to learn from those that we served first, to ensure efficiency in our programming. With a heart for service, civic engagement and equity, my skills shine best when working collectively to complete any task at hand. By always seeking to find a solution, I have been able to assist in the creation of several youth mentoring programs within Urban Ventures. Restarting a high school mentoring program at the neighboring high school, while supporting and strengthening an existing partnership with another high school. The success of these two programs led to a pipeline creation for middle school students who were no longer able to attend K-5 programing. Seeing that there was a need and being able to meet that need is what creates and strengthens community. It brings me great joy to connect with other individuals who may be looking to strengthen these areas within their organizations and I look forward to leading and learning in order to make that happen.