First Place for Youth
Theresa Do is a communications associate at First Place for Youth since March 2022, with prior experience as a program coordinator at California Walks, where advocacy efforts led to $6.78 million in funding for Vision Zero safety improvements in San Jose's historically disinvested neighborhoods. Theresa has held positions as a public health intern at the American Heart Association, a lead researcher and undergraduate research assistant at UC Irvine, and an administrative assistant at Jeffrey Rome & Associates. Additionally, Theresa contributed as a District 7 youth commissioner for the City of San José and served as a student advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives, where research focused on marijuana legalization's economic impacts. Theresa holds a B.A. in Public Health Policy and Political Science from UC Irvine.
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First Place for Youth
First Place for Youth was founded in 1998 to prevent poverty and homelessness among youth who age out of foster care. The mission of First Place is to help foster youth build the skills they need to make a successful transition to self-sufficiency and responsible adulthood. First Place was the first organization dedicated exclusively to providing housing for transitioning foster youth in Northern California and has grown into the state’s largest provider for this vulnerable population. First Place utilizes a scattered-site housing program model, which puts youth in a realistic, independent setting in their local communities.