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Yohana Rodriguez
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Workforce Client Success Story: Yohana Rodriguez

MEDA me ayudo a conseguir dos trabajos. Estoy muy contenta porque antes de llegar a MEDA yo no tenía nada. El señor Robert Lopez no solo me ayudo con mi currículum, pero me motivo . MEDA es una institución  donde ayudan sin  lucro. Me ayudaron  con transporte, tecnología, y hasta cubrieron el costo de mi…

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Support for Families: Creating a Community, Client by Client

On a nondescript stretch of Mission Street—straddling the trendier Mission, Castro and SoMa districts—is the location of the offices of Support for Families of Children with Disabilities (SFF). While this area showcases little of the historic charm for which San Francisco is renowned, inside 1663 Mission, an elevator ride away on the seventh floor, some…

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November 2014 San Francisco Ballot Measure: MEDA Says YES on Prop G

With the November 4th election right around the corner, it’s time for MEDA to advise of its stances on ballot measures as they pertain to the nonprofit’s mission of asset building for its low- and moderate-income clients, who are predominately Latino. Ballot Measure: Prop G MEDA Says: Yes on Prop G The essentials The gist of…

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MEDA’s Luis Granados Honored with “San Francisco Foundation 2014 Community Leadership Award”

Christopher Gil, Senior Content Marketing Manager (415) 282-3334 ext. 152 cgil@medasf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2014 MEDA’s Luis Granados Honored with “San Francisco Foundation 2014 Community Leadership Award” Recognition for Years of Service to the Latino Community of the Mission District San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Foundation  (TSSF) has announced that it will…

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Mission Head Start: Over Four Decades Preparing Kids for School

Dolores Terrazas speaks with pride of her dedicated staff of 90 that has made Mission Head Start a mainstay for San Francisco’s Latino community for over 40 years, myriad young lives positively affected over that time. “I enjoy the wonder of experiences of children who have a voice,” profoundly exclaims the Mission native, whose career…

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MEDA Welcomes Nathanial Owen to Lead New Mission Community Loan Fund

When Nathanial Owen pulled his U-Haul into San Francisco in mid-July, he knew he had left behind 2,000+ miles, humid weather . . . and a history of success. As the Market Manager at Accion Texas’ Memphis office—part of the largest microlending organization in the country—Owen had funded 56 small businesses in the first 18…

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A Clarion (Alley) Call to Celebrate October 25th

Chris Statton delicately maneuvered his paintbrush, a swirl of bright yellow filling in the “O” in “October,” as in “October 25th,” the day of the Clarion Alley Block Party. “The letters are the hardest part. I’m refining them all now,” says Statton, of one-time Roxie Theater fame before stepping down a year ago. Statton swats…

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MEDA August 2014 Volunteer of the Month: Ann Hess, Technology Center

Each month, the Mission Economic Development Agency honors one of its dedicated volunteers—the people who are an integral part of MEDA’s ability to provide free services to low- and moderate-income Bay Area residents. Thanks to all of the selfless MEDA volunteers who choose Plaza Adelante as their second home.  Name: Ann Hess Program: Technology Center, (Workforce Development)…

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Edwin Gonzales, Mission Techies
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Labor Day Story: MEDA Client Edwin Gonzales Hired at Tech Company

As Labor Day 2014 is upon us, MEDA wants to celebrate a true employment success story: that of Edwin Gonzales (photo left), who came to the U.S. from El Salvador just four years ago with the goal of seeking better opportunities. Edwin’s life has sure changed since the first day over a year ago when…

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MEDA Tax Team Works to Keep Long-Term Resident in U.S.

The stacks of paper are piled even higher than usual on Max Moy-Borgen’s desk today, his phone buried beneath pages emblazoned with years from the early George W. Bush years. It seems the MEDA Tax Services Program Manager is busy doing a client’s taxes way back to the year 2000. Moy-Borgen enlisted Tax Volunteer Granger…

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