MNC Inspiring Success
Heisel Paredes Solorzano is a dedicated Family Service Specialist at Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc., with experience managing a caseload of 20-30 families annually and enrolling 40 families per year across Head Start sites. Responsibilities include conducting needs assessments, facilitating family goal planning and weekly check-ins regarding mental health, tracking referrals, and coordinating community resources for family workshops. Prior experience includes serving as a College Peer Mentor with First Graduate, supporting low-income first-generation middle school students in recognizing the importance of academic success and navigating higher education challenges. Heisel holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Merced.
MNC Inspiring Success
MNC is a critically important non-profit provider of community-based, culturally sensitive, and multi-generational services focused on low-income families throughout San Francisco. MNC develops and promotes leadership skills that inspire success for youth and families to build strong, healthy, and vibrant neighborhoods through education, case management, and community-development resources. Founded as a settlement house in 1897, MNC continues to exemplify the core values of settlement house practices: welcoming environment, social justice, advocacy, community organizing, and networking. Today, MNC operates 16 MNC Campuses, five owned and nine leased through which children’s services, youth development, family resources, senior healthy aging & disabilities, and workforce development programming,