Rachel Antrobus

Contact Information

Rachel Antrobus
Director
rachel.antrobus@sfgov.org
415.706.5621
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Rachel Antrobus has spent the last ten years advocating for system change in youth workforce, foster care, homelessness, education, juvenile justice and youth civic engagement.  With this multiple systems experience, Rachel envisions and works towards an interconnected system of care for all young people. 

As the former Director of the San Francisco Youth Commission and the Orange County Coalition for Youth, Rachel has ample experience working with young people, communities, non profit organizations and government.  Rachel holds a Master of Public Administration, with a concentration in Youth Policy from Cal State Long Beach. 

While working in southern California, Rachel partnered with Orange County's three Youth Councils to implement the Youth Council Institute (YCi) and improved the county's five One Stops to better engage young people. 

Beyond her daily duties as the TAY SF Director, Rachel also serves on the Steering Committee of the Municipal Network for Disconnected Youth (MNDY) for the National League of Cities, chairs Honoring Emancipated Youth (HEY) of the United Way and is the San Francisco representative on a disconnected youth state advocacy organization - the California Coalition for Youth. 

Rachel's approach includes evidence based and emerging community based best practices in serving disconnected youth. Rachel continues to strive to put youth at the center of her work, her practice and her life.

Iqra Anjum

Contact:

Iqra Anjum
Youth Engagement Coordinator
iqra@taysf.org
415.701.5579

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Iqra Anjum manages the projects borne out of our TAY advocates. They include outreach (creating SF's first 18-24 specific TAY resource guide), website (developing tool-based services for providers and TAY), and workforce development (staffing three members on City's Workforce Investment Board's Youth Council).

Before joining TAY-SF, Iqra served as a Youth Commissioner for three years, and was elected as Chair by her peers for two. Iqra spearheaded policies to reduce MUNI fast passes for TAY, secured violence prevention funding for youth, and represented youth engagement on various municipal councils and grassroots forums.

This coming semester, Iqra will complete her degree in Ethnic Studies and a minor in Public Policy at UC Berkeley. She will be completing her thesis under the mentorship of ethnic studies professors Michael Omi and Victoria Robinson. Her research will concentrate on San Francisco's juvenile justice policies and its impacts on 1.5 generation and immigrant youth. She is also an undergraduate teacher's assistant for a BESI, the Berkeley Engaged Scholars Initiative, a pilot which links theory in the classroom with practice in the community.

As with her work at TAY-SF and at school, Iqra's passion rests on transforming a system that empowers disconnected youth to successfully transition into adulthood.

Diana Pang

Contact:
Diana Pang
Coordinator
diana@taysf.org
415.701.5579

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Diana is the coordinator for Transitional Age Youth (www.taysf.org), and staffs TAY service provider networks, manages special engagement opportunities, and coordinates projects in health, housing, education. From 2006-2008, Diana was the program coordinator for the San Francisco Youth Commission. She supported a seventeen member youth advisory council to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor by providing programming/leadership opportunities to commissioners.

Since 2006, Diana has served on the board of directors for Chinatown Community Development Center. As the board's youngest member, she has been active in facilitating meaningful youth and adult partnerships in Chinatown CDC's resource development and program/organizing strategies (www.chinatowncdc.org.) She is an active leader of Chinatown CDC's young adult leadership body, ACCESS (Advocacy for Community Change, Equality, and Social Services).

Diana also co-founded Chinatown Alleyway Tours (CATs), a youth-run, youth-led community tour highlighting Chinese-American history, and contemporary socio-political issues. CATs has been recognized by the SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Backroads, SF Weekly, winning in the best tours category. (www.chinatownalleywaytours.org).

She was appointed to the SF Youth Commission and served in 2005-2006, chairing the public health and housing committee. She was appointed by served on the Public Education Enrichment Fund CAC and served from 2006-2009.

Diana received her bachelor's degrees in Ethnic Studies and Social Welfare from University of California, Berkeley. She was active in increasing the recruitment and retention efforts of low-income, underrepresented students of color.

Diana was born and raised in San Francisco, CA. She graduated from Spring Valley Elementary, Marina Middle, and Thurgood Marshall Academic High schools.

Anthony Jenkins

Anthony Jenkins
Young Adult Advocate
anthony@taysf.org
415.519.9071
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Anthony Jenkins is a lifelong resident of San Francisco. As a youth growing up in the Mission District experiencing extended homelessness, Anthony was heavily involved in gang life and as a result became involved with the Juvenile Justice system, which eventually lead to incarceration as an adult.

Upon reentering he was adamant about coming back and making a difference in San Francisco in the communities that had such an impact on his life.

He found his advocacy home at TAYSF in August of 2009 and is currently working as a Young Adult Advocate as well as a mentor at Civic Center Secondary School. He is also a member of the SF Reentry Council’s sub-committee on Community Justice and Alternatives to Incarceration as well as a member of the WISF Youth Council.

He is currently starting the process of enrolling at SF State for his bachelor’s degree is his quest to continue learning and strengthening his advocate voice for youth and young adults.

Jose-Luis Mejia

Jose-Luis Mejia
Young Adult Advocate
jose-luis@taysf.org

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PICTURE COMING SOON!
 

Born and raised in San Francisco and East Oakland, Jose-Luis Mejia has been devoted to serving youth on and off the clock for the past 5 years. Experiencing an at risk lifestyle gives him a natural motivation to connect with under represented TAY.

Jose-Luis served as a mentor, life-skills, and media instructor for Mission Urban Arts Program. He has also served as a youth advisory board member and instructor for the Bay Area Video Coalition's Digital Pathways Program and Digital Storytelling Institute.

Before TAYSF, Jose-Luis also volunteered for Mission Tiauhi supporting TAY re-entering society from incarceration.

Along with being a Young Adult Advocate with TAY-SF, Jose-Luis is currently Lead Program Facilitator and Producer for the Conscious Youth Media Crew, using media as a tool for social change. He is also a proud father and student at San Francisco's State College of Extended Learning.