Opened in 2007, Center on Halsted's home is a testament to the growing strength and diversity of the LGBTQ community. As an award-winning, integrative and forward-thinking design, it reminds visitors of our shared future together.Center on Halsted is the Midwest's most comprehensive community center dedicated to advancing community and securing the health and well-being of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of Chicagoland.

Tutoring Service. Mentoring, teaching performing arts to enhance students ability to access, develop, and promote supplemental education. AAIC’s program of activities is inclusive and allows for the participation of students with disabilities in accordance with any specified accommodations and modifications. My job was to give students opportunity to have high-quality educational experiences and excel to his or her highest level through appropriate academic instruction and support through tutoring and performance arts; Dance.

Kuumba Lynx is an Arts Education & Youth Development Organization founded in 1996 by three women, J. Villegas, L. Garcia, & J. Bullie. KL has a mission of working to provide access to programs that preserve, promote and present urban arts & culture. KL seeks to empower youth and their communities by employing Hip-Hop culture as both an art form & vehicle for inter-generational and cross-cultural dialogue. KL is dedicated to providing programs for creative expression & literacy for Chicago youth and their families so to increase social consciousness, community analysis & exchange,self-reflection, global action, inner peace, and universal freedom.