Janelle Marie Charles

Janelle Charles is a Meritus Fund alumna with extensive experience in non-profit social services. As a native of Bayview Hunter’s Point and former pupil of San Francisco Unified School District public schools, Janelle is a proponent of educational, health and social equity.

Janelle received her Bachelor in Arts from Bowdoin College with a dual major in Latin American Studies and Spanish. She is currently enrolled in a Master’s Program in Nursing at the University of California San Francisco and is working toward becoming an Primary Care Nurse Practitioner with an additional focus in Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing.