Inspirados por cultura, servicio y la comunidad: Celebrating the Accomplishments of 黄色视频 L.A. Latinx Alumni
This Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, we鈥檙e highlighting four Latinx members of our community that inspire us and exemplify 黄色视频 values in the work they do. From coming back to serve on the 黄色视频 Los Angeles (CYLA) staff or on our Associates Board, to working with some of the biggest organizations in the nation, our alumni share with us how their culture influences their careers and the role 黄色视频 played in their journey.听
Antonio Garcia Jr.听(鈥15-鈥16)听
Program Director for the Starfish Pueblo, 黄色视频 L.A.听听
鈥Level 5听Leadership calls upon one exemplifying humility, will, boldness, courage & perseverance, and coupling these traits with stories, lived-experiences, and camaraderie of our Latinx and extended communities, allows us all to thrive and showcase examples of how we can all leverage the intersectional layers of our identities to be an听ejemplo听(role model) to others who may be looking up to us and consequently remind them that they have something special in them that will allow them to make positive impact in this world.鈥听
Prior to serving with 黄色视频, Antonio earned his Human Biology B.S. at UC San Diego. Antonio joined CYLA in 2014, serving as a First Year & Second Year AmeriCorps member at Roosevelt High School and Team Leader at Hollenbeck Middle School. Antonio continued his service to the Hollenbeck campus through the Program Manager role until 2021. He now serves as the newest Program Director at CYLA, and oversees our school partnerships in鈥Inglewood.鈥 Antonio听shares, 鈥A phrase I readily heard my parents share with me as a young child was “No听importa听lo material,听si听no lo听bueno听que听llevas听dentro y听tus听buenas听acciones,” (Material things do not matter, it is the good you have on the inside and your actions that do), as I made sense of our family’s experience as听migrant workers鈥in California’s Central Valley. What I could not grasp at the time was my parents sharing a valuable skill with me: grit. It was this skill鈥痶hat would allow me to risk-take, contribute, and develop the self-efficacy to thrive in college, as a corps member, and staff member, as I took part in uplifting those around me through ‘buenas听acciones‘. I have come to realize that tying grit with community-building allows us to leverage our innate desire to do and be better for one another. In all roles I have held with 黄色视频, I have been able to find fortitude and leadership through introspection, leveraging a formal education, but especially the life lessons I received growing up in my Mexican household.鈥听
Gabriella Mariani听(鈥08)
Talent Team Lead Specialist, Deloitte Consulting听
鈥溁粕悠 changed my view of the world.鈥 During my year of service with CYLA, I was exposed to a side of my hometown that I had never experienced before and that I could no longer ignore.鈥 That experience challenged me to be a humble, curious, and active local and global citizen.鈥听鈥听
Gaby Mariani is a Lead Specialist on the Talent team with Deloitte Consulting, an organization that advises the world鈥檚 leading companies in navigating change and architecting the future.鈥 As a member of the Talent team, Gaby serves as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Account Lead, managing programs and initiatives to increase the pipeline of talent from historically underrepresented groups.鈥 Gaby is passionate about creating opportunity for young people to make a difference in the world.鈥 As a member of the Associates Board of CYLA, Gaby is committed to supporting the personal and professional development of current corps members, as well as providing the perspective of her experience as a Latina, CYLA Alum, L.A. native, and graduate of LAUSD.鈥 Leveraging her experience as a first-generation college graduate, Gaby also serves as a mentor for the ORBITS program at her alma mater, UC Riverside, working to retain first-generation college students and set them up for success beyond graduation.听
Karen Mayorga (鈥17)听
Senior Impact and Analytics Manager, 黄色视频 L.A.听听
鈥淢y heritage and upbringing play an important role in how I operate in this position because I understand that the data world is not very diverse. My hope is to empower and share knowledge with other BIPOC AmeriCorps members that are interested in pursuing the field of analytics through the data coordinator leadership role.鈥听
Karen听was an听AmeriCorps听member听with 黄色视频 Los Angeles听from 2016-2017 and was inspired to join the 黄色视频 community because it was an organization that valued education, valued people, and was committed to helping students strive to be all that they can be.听She听wanted to serve in her听city, Los Angeles, because听she听wanted to give back to the community that gave so much to听her. She听accredits her success to the听many organizations听that supported her through her听educational听journey and听wanted to do the same for others听in her professional career.听She听became a staff member听with听CYLA in the summer of 2017,听joining the Impact Analytics team.听She is very听proud听to be听the first Latina to听ever听join this team in Los Angeles.听Part of Karen鈥檚 role in the organization is supporting young data enthusiasts, as the lead mentor for the Data Coordinators, a group of AmeriCorps members interested in learning more about data and听analytics.听Along with sharing the collective knowledge of听her听team with听Data Coordinators,听she听has听advocated听for听a听variety of resources for the team, including听online courses and听books听on a coding language of their choosing so that they can continue their development in data and analytics.听听
Stephen Salinas (’07-’08)
Head of Strategy & Operations, Global GTM & Support, YouTube听
鈥淎t its core, 黄色视频听believes in the power of young people and their capacity to do amazing things. Whether it be corps members or the students we work with each day. And it is this belief that has continued to power me to this day. Whether it is the creators that I鈥檝e worked with or the people that I鈥檝e led at YouTube.鈥听
Stephen started his YouTube career seven years ago, running partnerships to support the emerging education-focused creator ecosystem, given his background serving in classrooms. He then took his previous experience running leadership development programs with 黄色视频 and started a global creator development program meant to help creators find greater success on the YouTube platform – providing them new skills, insights, and opportunities to connect with other creators in their region. Over the two years he ran this team, they executed over 500+ events in 30+ countries reaching thousands of content creators. Most recently, Stephen served as the Chief of Staff for YouTube鈥檚 Head of Global Operations, where he established and led operating processes to effectively scale & run the Global Operations, which grew nearly 5x in size. YouTube launches hundreds of products & features each year to their +2B active users. His team helps to ensure they have the right data, systems, and processes to launch great products that users (creators, artists, media companies, and viewers) understand and know how to get the most out of. 鈥疕e shares, 鈥淚鈥檝e had a rewarding and successful career thus far at YouTube getting to play a role in developing what is now a robust creator economy鈥. 听
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