About Us: Staff
Rozanne E. Junker (B.S., M.A., Ph.D. University of Oregon), Executive Director. Previously executive director, Coro Northern California 1994-2000.
Thomas Ahn (B.A., Yale University; Ed.M., Harvard University) Managing Director. Previously director, ECO Center, S.F. Conservation Corps 1989-2001.
Maria Rangel Alarcon (B.A., Harvard University) Program Associate. Previously Co-Director, Keylatch Afterschool at Harvard's PBHA 2002-2003.
Rachel Alexander (B.A., Stanford University) Program Associate. Previously Admission Counselor, Stanford University Office of Undergraduate Admission 2004-2006.
Inés Barbosa (B.A., M.A. Stanford University) Senior Program Associate. Previously youth development specialist, Peace Corps, Costa Rica 1999-2001.
Amy Dobras (B.A., University of California - Santa Cruz), Program Associate. Previously teacher, Leadership High School 1999-2004.
Hervé Ernest (Ramapo College) Director of Marketing. Previously Associate Director of Marketing, S.F. Conservation Corps 2003-2005.
Jenny "JJ" Foster (B.A., Texas A&M University) Program Associate, Technology. Previously Multimedia teacher, Eastside College Preparatory School, 2005-2007.
Wendy Levine (B.A. Colby College; M.A., University of San Francisco) Director of Development. Previously Director of Annual Giving, Marin Academy 2002-2008.
Anthony Mickens (B.A., Claremont McKenna College) Senior Program Associate. Previously community partnership liason, Stanford University's John Gardner Center for Youth and Their Community.
Angely A. Miranda (B.A., San Francisco State University) Program Associate. Previously Asset Coach for Fostering the Future, Youth and Family Enrichment Services.
Barry X. Nelson (B.A., Georgetown University) Program Associate. Previously Senior Case Manager, Family Service Agency of San Francisco's Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Program 2002-2007.
Andres V. Paez (B.A., Stanford University) Operations Manager. Previously Program Manager, Youth Radio 2005-2007.
Sandra Park (B.A., Georgetown University; M.A.T., Lewis & Clark College; Ed.M., Harvard University; Ph.D. candidate, University of California – Berkeley) Director of Academic Programming. Previously director, Summerbridge DC.
First Graduate's bilingual, multicultural staff reflects the largely Latino and African American communities we serve. Several program staff members were the first in their families to go to college.
