Jada Curry

Jada is a recent college graduate, born and raised in San Francisco.

Growing up in a low-income family and in some of the city’s underserved communities, Jada has grown up to understand and cherish the value of education. Homelessness, the foster care system and familiarity with substance abuse are just a few issues that she shares with disconnected transitional youth. 

She has been involved in several youth development programs, such as Enterprise for Youth, Young Community Developers and Advancing Via Individual Determination (AVID). She has also been a part of City College of San Francisco’s Project Shine as an ESL Coach, and America Reads, where she is currently a literacy tutor at Rosa Parks Elementary School.

As a young woman of color, who has surpassed many of the challenges that disconnected transitional youth face, Jada offers her unique experiences and insight in hopes to improve youth services and programs and that they continue to make an impact on San Francisco youth. She hopes that San Francisco youth will have access to developmental programs and services that have the ability to change lives just as she has.