Who We Are

Board Members

  • David Riley

    Board Chairman

  • Crystal Watson

    Board Vice Chairman

  • Daniel Hyun

    Board Treasurer

  • Daniel Cardenas

    Board Secretary

    “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better”

    Jim Rohn 

  • Steve Kim, LCSW

    Executive Director/Board Member At-Large

Executive Team

  • Steve Kim, LCSW

    Executive Director

    “In kinship, we seek to obliterate the illusion that we are all separate, that there is an us and a them. We seek to bridge the gulf that exists between all of us until there is no longer a sliver of daylight that separates us.”

    – Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries

  • Aaron Reyes

    Interim Associate Executive Director

    “We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”

    – Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Madeline Rodriguez, LMFT

    Director of Programs

    “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

    – Harriet Tubman

  • Raymond Sanchez

    Director of Navigation and Outreach

    “Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness’s of other people.”

    – Carl Jung

  • Samuel Kim

    Director of Operations

    “The world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide our thoughts and action..”

    - Bell Hooks

Program Leadership

  • Dianey Chao

    Youth Program Manager

    “I stand in awe at what these kids have to carry rather than in judgement at how they’ve carried it.”

    – Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries

  • Maricela Diaz

    Youth and Education Coordinator

    “Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.”

    - Howard Zinn

  • Gilbert Sepulveda

    Employment and Education Specialist

    "It's a privilege to be able to bear witness to someone's story when they may not have had the chance to tell it before."

    - Lindy Alexander

  • Eliza Easdale

    Lead Data Analyst

    “If nothing you do matters, all that matters is what you do.”

    - Angel