Huckleberry Youth Programs
Vy Truong is currently the Project READY Program Manager and Community Health Manager at Huckleberry Youth Programs. Previously, Vy worked as a Youth Advocate at LYRIC: Center for LGBTQQ Youth, supporting LGBTQ+ youth with their personal and professional goals. With experience as a District Manager at HOM Korean Kitchen, Vy exceeded sales goals, trained staff, opened new locations, and developed marketing plans. Vy also served as an Event Coordinator Intern at the PRIDE Center in San Jose State University and was a member of various organizations advocating for reproductive justice and youth empowerment. With a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Vy has a strong background in community outreach, program development, and support for marginalized communities.
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.