Cinthya Padilla llegó a MEDA en el segundo semestre de 2022 desde San Francisco State University en donde estudió psicología.
Cinthya Padilla llegó a MEDA en el segundo semestre de 2022 desde San Francisco State University en donde estudió psicología.
Una madre inmigrante a conseguir empleo de tiempo completo en un banco del distrito de la Mission en San Francisco
Partnership fostering financial coaching and workforce development
Un volante en el lugar y momento apropiado abrió un mundo de posibilidades para una madre inmigrante que buscaba empleo en San Francisco
by Senior Analyst Ryan Fukumori One of the most tragic aspects of COVID-19 is how the pandemic has exacerbated existing racial and class disparities across the United States. Black and Latino communities nationwide have suffered the health and financial consequences of the pandemic, facing heightened rates of illness and death from the novel coronavirus as…
“It’s a no-brainer: Nonprofit MEDA has almost 100 qualified jobseekers in our pipeline and there are employers needing workers right now. My job is to connect the dots,” explains Workforce Development Manager Miguel Velasco. This is a major shift from a year ago. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the Latino and immigrant community…
The Colocho family emigrated from El Salvador in 2018 to escape the rampant violence of their homeland, joining their father in the Mission District of San Francisco. Like all immigrants, they sought a better life, which translates to building generational wealth. That often starts with finding a good job as the pathway to a well-paying…
Bring you resume — and your confidence — on Thursday, May 23, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for the “Access Your Career Fair 2019.” (Register for free.) The San Francisco venue will be Saint Joseph’s Arts Society, an exhibition space and arts club located at 1401 Howard St.. MEDA is partnering with the San Francisco Office…
“As an immigrant from Venezuela, I always thought getting a good job would be hard to achieve, but deep down there was something telling me that anything could happen — if you fight for it. I came to America with a strong purpose of becoming someone, to be productive to God, my family and to…
“I initially learned about MEDA and the Bank Teller program through a brief presentation in my Accounting class last semester. I was automatically interested due to the flexibility MEDA’s Olivia Quinoñez, who runs the program, showed to student schedules. Upon attending the program, we learned about the bank field and different vocabulary, regulations and customer…
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