Huckleberry Youth Programs
Eman Alkaheli is an experienced professional in the mental health and youth support sectors. Currently serving as a Residential Counselor at Huckleberry Youth Programs since August 2023, Eman previously held roles as a Transitional Age Youth Support & Middle Eastern Community Advocate at NAMI Contra Costa, and engaged with the National Alliance on Mental Illness through Health Career Connection. Eman contributed as a Near-Peer Ambassador for Richmond Promise and volunteered at the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center with Sutter Health. Additionally, Eman worked as a Learning Assistant at San Francisco State University and was a member of Jumpstart. Eman is pursuing a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at San Francisco State University, having earned a Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development from the same institution.
Huckleberry Youth Programs
Huckleberry's mission is to educate, inspire, and support under-served youth to develop healthy life choices, to maximize their potential, and to realize their dreams. Since 1967, we have accomplished this by providing San Francisco and Marin youth and their families with a network of services and opportunities by caring peers and adults. For 50 years, we have partnered with teens and families to overcome adversity. Huckleberry strengthens families and empowers young people with services that promote safety in times of crisis, physical and emotional health and well-being, social justice in communities facing inequality, and educational success. When all youth succeed, the entire community is stronger. We seek to empower young people to develop and maintain healthy relationships as well as promote their talents, ideas, leadership and health; to assist youth and their families in overcoming the obstacles they may encounter, which can include family concerns, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health challenges, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, violence, social and economic inequities, and physical and sexual abuse; and to assist clients in navigating complex social welfare, educational and juvenile justice systems. Our San Francisco programs include: Huckleberry House - Crisis Shelter - Health Career Training & College Access Huckleberry Youth Health Center - Health Care & Health Education Counseling Services Huckleberry Community Assessment & Resource Center - Juvenile Justice Diversion Our Marin programs include: Huckleberry ACE (Access to College Equity) Academy - Health Career Training & College Access Huckleberry Youth Health Center - Health Care & Health Education All of Huckleberry's services for youth and their families are provided free of charge.