Board Members
John Tracy
Board Chairman
“Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.”
– Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries
Crystal Watson
Board Vice Chairman & Treasurer
“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way they are, right here and now.”
– Fred Rogers
Daniel Cardenas
Board Secretary
“El que no vive para servir, no sirve para vivir.”
– Mother Theresa
Steve Kim, LCSW
Executive Director
“Just assume the answer to every question is compassion.”
– Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries
Shervin Vadood
Board Member
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
– Mark Twain
Maria Passaseo
Secretary
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
– Maya Angelou
Executive Team
Steve Kim, LCSW
Executive Director
“Just assume the answer to every question is compassion.”
– Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries
Betty Sur
Chief Financial Officer
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Maya Angelou
Samuel Kim
Chief Operating Officer
“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.
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
Kim Preston
Director of Adult Programs
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.”
– Maya Angelou
Heather Choi
Director of Youth Services
“I must not ignore the wounded man on life’s Jericho Road, because he is a part of me and I am a part of him. His agony diminishes me, and his salvation enlarges me.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Crystal Vasquez
Director of Youth Services
“Shame dies when stories are told in safe spaces.”
– Ann Voskamp
Priscilla Kim
Director of Compliance and HR
“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. Healing begins when we recognize the humanity in ourselves and in one another, and refuse to let past mistakes define our worth.”
– Bryan Stevenson
Eunnie Hur
Community Engagement, Business Development
“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. Healing begins when we recognize the humanity in ourselves and in one another, and refuse to let past mistakes define our worth.”
– Bryan Stevenson
Kevin Mo-Wong
Director of Grants & Strategic Partnerships
“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way, we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”
– Herman Hesse Siddhartha
