Huckleberry Youth Programs
Hillary Buren has a diverse work experience in various roles and positions. Hillary is currently the Director of CARC (Community Assessment and Resource Center) at Huckleberry Youth Programs since October 2021. Prior to that, they worked at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco where they served as the Director of School Age Programs from April 2021 to October 2021 and as the Program Manager of Afterschool from January 2016 to October 2021. Before that, they worked at the Visiting Nurse Association of Kansas City as a Transition of Care Coach from September 2013 to June 2014. Lastly, at KVC Health Systems, they worked as a Therapeutic Case Manager from September 2012 to September 2013.
Hillary Buren earned a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia, from 2010 to 2012. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Emory University, where they studied from 2006 to 2010. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications, including "Diversity and Inclusion in a Global Enterprise," "Inclusive Leadership," "Project Management Foundations," "Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues," "Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences," "Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging," "Skills for Inclusive Conversations," and "Unconscious Bias" from LinkedIn, with the most recent certification being obtained in September 2021.
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.