Through one-to-one mentoring, positive recreation and life skills education, we empower 13-to-21-year-old youth from foster care to connect, grow and […]
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Meet the Team – Program Director Kecia
Kecia Sakazaki is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in psychology and […]
Meet the Team – President Monica
Monica Baumann is Associate General Counsel for Compliance at Copart, where she focuses her legal practice on automotive compliance laws. […]
Mentors Make a Difference and Have Fun!
In our program, mentoring is all about building a friendship with a teen from foster care. When an adult develops […]
Meet the Team – Past President Enrique
Enrique Ruacho served as Board President from July 2019 – June 2022, after joining as a member in 2018. He […]
Thank You – Anthony’s Board Service
Anthony Judd is a statistic breaker. He spent 10 years in foster care, exiting from extended foster care at 20 […]
Meet the Team – Financial Officer Ian
Ian Johnson has more than 10 years of career experience focusing on state-level education finance and policy issues. He currently […]
Thank You, Founding Member Tori
Tori Burnie served as our Founding Board President from July 2016 to July 2019. She continued to serve a term […]
A VIP Baseball Experience – River Cats meetUP
Our recent meetUP was a huge hit! Thanks to Kevin Hughey of Hughey Phillips, LLP, our teens and their mentors […]
Perspective on Trauma and Healing – Part 3
In the past two Perspective on Trauma and Healing posts, we have covered how trauma impacts young people and the […]