Fernando Morales Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

Built net new district office and homelessness departments, improving community engagement, 75+ public safety projects and bringing 254 people experiencing homelessness indoors.Oversaw and staffed legislative agenda for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics sub-committee, securing the approval of $30M for the Youth Sports Agreement, funding sports programs for 217,000+ underprivileged youth within recreation and parks programs in 2025.Drafted and managed execution of yearly community engagement plan, mobilizing a network of volunteers, compiling databases for over 1,000 businesses, non-profits, and stakeholder groups, and maintaining community engagement to increase outreach and access for 5,000+ constituents.Led housing initiative, managing a team of 15+ across outreach, legislative and communications branches, resulting in 200 supportive and interim housing beds for formerly homeless individuals (2025 opening), accounting for 30% of overall homelessness population within the district.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Direct oversight and management of a five person admin and field team, conducting outreach, organizing, and approving/disbursing over $20M dollars for nonprofits and social service projects impacting 50,000+ youth and vulnerable constituents.Directed engagement strategy and management of a field deputy team of four to engage community leaders, advocacy groups, non-profits, businesses and constituents to inform of county resources and programs resulting in a collective 100,000+ individual engagements and 30+ partnerships programs.Led speaking engagements and creation district specific public policy community regarding transportation (purple line section 1/crenshaw northern extension), health services, mental health, immigration, elections, and business/chambers of commerce and informing disbursement of federally funded relief programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.Grew relationships and oversaw quarterly regional events with elected officials, businesses, non-profit leaders, and city, county, state and federal departments for increased coordination and response.Built a site-specific plan and coalition with over 40 service providers, law-enforcement agencies, elected offices and community members for local encampment resolution housing 300+ people experiencing homelessness and beautifying public rights of way across over a dozen communities.

Sacramento, California, Us

Represented Assemblymember Bradford and Senator Ben Allen in all district relations, legislative outreach and coalition building (AD 62/SD 26).Coordinated with over 400 organizations to hold over 100 community-specific events.Managed outreach to communities to build coalitions for over 40 bills passed and chaptered.Piloted social media programs and grew following by 10,000+.

Responsible for directing campaign voter outreach, field program, political endorsements, and communications. Coordinating and manage fundraising consultants to reach fundraising goals.+Representing candidate on interviews and community meetings.+Coordinating recruitment of campaign staff and volunteer team.

West Hollywood, California, Us

Successfully tracked legislative priorities for multiple clients across 88 Los Angeles County municipalities, primarily relating to telecommunications, energy, and environmental issuesProvided policy analysis and summaries for partners, vice-presidents, managers and associatesAssisted in developing public relations plans including including potential earned media, paid media, and partnership opportunities

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Lead the behavior modification team to provide support to students with maladaptive behaviors that interfered with classroom instruction time. Assisted in the creation of short and long term conduct goals designed to strengthen school culture and pro-social behavior in the student body. Extensive knowledge of crisis management and therapeutic techniques allowed me to fulfill my duties at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy.Key Accomplishments:+Cut after-school detention referrals by 1/4 and suspension by 1/3 for middle school students.+Developed effective classroom intervention strategy with behavior tracker follow up.

Collaborated directly with Dan Trujillo, author, and President of The Clay Heart Company to design and organize events, workshops, and event related resources and materials. Promoted The Clay Heart Company to an expanding segment of the education, healthcare, and corporate sectors in the northeastern U.S. Additional duties included coordinating the CHC volunteers, creating and enhancing metrics and feedback mechanisms, and creating document procedures for events and workshop activities.Key Accomplishments:+Tripled partner organizations/event portfolio in the North East United States (20-60).+Created and implemented organizational procedures for events/workshops and volunteer duties

Harrisonburg, Va, Us

Responsible for gathering data and managing participant research schedules in a federally funded actigraph sleep research laboratory (2011) and cognitive laboratory (2012). Organizational and technical skills played crucial part of fulfilling my duties as a research assistant.

Contacted James Madison University alumni to update records, and present programs in need of funds. Customer relations and bilingual skills played a critical roll as part of my responsibilities as an Alumni-Relations and Fundraising Agent at James Madison University. Raised over 50,000 dollars in the first quarter of 2012 and earned 2011 Fundraiser of the Year Award.

The Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Detention Center is one of the top secure detention centers in the country. Responsible for reviewing case folders, assisting clinician led programs, and performing clerical duties. Interpersonal skills played a critical role in managing the juveniles and communicating with the clinicians.

Responsible for executing lesson plans and providing students support with learning tasks. Supervised and taught classroom of ten to twenty students in the aftercare program.

B.A, Psychology/Sociology

Advanced Diploma, Humanities/Humanistic Studies