Jay Aquino has a background in Sociology, having earned both a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA and an Associate of Arts from San Diego Mesa College. Currently working at the Disability Community Resource Center as an Administrative Office Manager, their previous roles include positions such as Quality Assurance Tester at Eastridge Workforce Solutions and Campaign Worker at Tell That Story: Creative Campaigning. Jay has also worked at SEIU - United Long Term Care Workers as a Consultant and Organizer in Training, demonstrating their commitment to outreach and organizing within the community.
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Disability Community Resource Center (DCRC)
The Disability Community Resource Center (DCRC) (formerly WCIL) is an Center for Independent Living or CIL. CILs are community-based, cross-disability, non-profit organizations that are designed and operated by people with disabilities. CILs are unique in that they operate according to a strict philosophy of consumer control, wherein people with all types of disabilities directly govern and staff the organization. CILs provide: Peer Support, Information and Referral, Individual and Systems Advocacy, Independent Living Skills Training, and Transition Support. DCRC* is dedicated to supporting people with disabilities and seniors to achieve and maintain self-directed and community based independent lives. DCRC’s members are a diverse group of people of all ages and from all ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. We work together with persons living with any type of disability, including but not limited to: intellectual, developmental, hearing, learning, mobility impaired, physical, mental health, substance abuse, traumatic brain injury and visual disabilities. We serve the Los Angeles County communities of: Baldwin Hills, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Carson, Century City, Cheviot Hills, Culver City, El Segundo, Fox Hills, Gardena, Harbor City, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Ladera Heights, Lawndale, Lomita, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Marina Del Rey, Mar Vista, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Palos Verdes, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Rancho Park, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, San Pedro, Torrance, Venice, Westchester, West Hollywood, West Los Angeles and Westwood.