MEDA’s Workforce Development team knows the needs of its low-income clients and working families, two-thirds of whom are immigrants. For 2016, there were already 171 job placements by the end of October. MEDA is investing in people’s lives and rebuilding the Mission’s Latino community — a community where over 25 percent have been displaced since 2000….
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: Yuka Ogasawara Program: Workforce Development Why did you decide…
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: Misaki Murai Program: Workforce Development Why did…
MEDA Job Coach Olivia Quiñonez knows that a bank teller position is the gateway to a successful career in the financial sector. Quiñonez’ extensive background in banking means she has the expertise — and connections — to get 18- to 34-year-olds into such jobs. Explains Quiñonez of what drives her work: “I am passionate about…
To celebrate this season of giving and thankfulness, every Wednesday we will showcase staff, Board members, volunteers and clients telling what this Mission District, San Francisco nonprofit brings to their lives. I started off looking for an economic-development nonprofit when I graduated from San Francisco State last December. I searched for the best and most-effective agency that was…
Being responsible for staffing two restaurants, a café and a catering business for Bon Appétit in San Francisco’s Presidio, human resources expert Nicole Pellerin (photo, left) has her job cut out for her. When Pellerin met MEDA Job Coach Robert Lopez (photo, right) at a culinary job fair back in September, the two decided to…
Name: Claudia Garcia Home: Castro District, San Francisco Placement: Marriott Marquis Job Coach: Robert Lopez What have been your prior jobs? I worked two years as a cashier/barista at La Boulange and three years before that as a cook/food runner at the Cheesecake Factory. They closed all La Boulange stores after Starbucks bought them. Everyone was…
I want to thank MEDA’s Robert Lopez for helping me find a job at Green Chile Restaurant. I am very content with my new job. I needed MEDA’s free Workforce Development program’s help to pursue a job because I wanted a better life for me and my family.” Thank you, Santos Cabrera If you are interested in…
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