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Staff

Jaime Balboa
Executive Director

Diego Quevedo
Chief of Staff

Shani Foster
Director of Education

Christie Thomas
Director of Development

Pedro Estrada
Programs & Operations Manager, Echo Park

Mike Dunbar
Programs & Operations Manager, Mar Vista

Mateo Acosta
Associate Director of Community Engagement

Carinne Mangold
Store and General Operations Manager
Time Travel Marts in Echo Park & Mar Vista

Alma Carrillo
Development and Communications Manager

Trevor Crown
Senior Manager of Volunteer Innovation and Assessment

Ariadne Makridakis Arroyo
Senior Volunteer Coordinator

Maddie Silva
Manager of Special Initiatives

Arisdeysi Cruz
Tutoring Program Coordinator

Marco Beltran
Writers’ Room Program Coordinator
Manual Arts High School

Wendy Beltran
Writers’ Room Program Coordinator
Roosevelt High School

Cole Montgomery
Development Coordinator

Ariana Ponce Olivares
Senior Civic Engagement Coordinator

Wilson Swain
Creative Engagement Specialist


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