TAYSF Young Adult Advocates
TAYSF’s Young Adult Advocates (YAA) represent San Francisco’s most vulnerable transitional age youth—those ages 16 through 24 who are disconnected from education, employment and social support systems. The Young Adult Advocates work alongside the TAYSF team and are in the TAYSF office as interns for 10-hours per week. Their work is to gather youth and young adult perspectives to inform citywide system change, represent the needs of transitional youth at policy and decision-making tables, collect information about resources and programs available to transitional age youth, and work to support community education and awareness to build advocacy for TAY issues. TAYSF’s YAA are selected each September from an applicant pool of current TAYSF Young Adult Advisory members.
Alma Ruznic
Alma Ruznic discovered her passion early in life, that is working with motivated but underprivileged youth. Growing up as a immigrant in a low-income family was a tough experience with barriers Alma had to break out of, and it motivates her to continue advocating and working with youth that are considered at-risk, low-income, or anything else that may prevent them from achieving their goals…
Full Story »Nadiyah Shereff
Nadiyah Shereff grew up in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods in San Francisco that caused her to struggle with systemic issues that arise from race and class. She began her work in the community at the age of 15 working as a Community Organizer, advocating for the rights of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated young women…
Full Story »Jose-Luis
Being born and raised in the city I have the first hand perspective, doing direct service in the community for 5 years gave me the service provider perspective, and now that I have the opportunity to bring both experiences to the table…
Full Story »Claudia
Around 3 years ago, I decided that I wanted to advocate around the issues and challenges that current and former foster youth were facing, and ever since it has become the catalyst of my life…
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