PIVOTAL
Nam Dinh currently serves as a Program Associate and Academic Coach at Silicon Valley Children's Fund, where responsibilities include piloting a new academic coaching initiative for foster youth, significantly increasing student retention, and creating curricula focused on various essential life skills. Concurrently, Nam Dinh is an Apprentice at Public Allies Silicon Valley/San Francisco, participating in leadership training and collaborating on community service projects aimed at promoting youth success. Previous experience includes roles as a Program Assistant for Upward Bound, an After School Leader at YMCA, and a Senior Teller at Bank of America. Nam Dinh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Community Change from San Jose State University.
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PIVOTAL
PIVOTAL, formerly called Silicon Valley Children's Fund and TeenForce is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to improving educational and life outcomes for foster youth. PIVOTAL has provided over $3M in scholarship dollars to foster youth in Silicon Valley. Our persistent coaching model provides high school and college foster youth continuous mentor support, education planning, tutoring, career exploration and an unconditional commitment to help them define and achieve their life dreams! PIVOTAL scholars are 10x more likely to graduate from college, compared to only 3% of foster youth nationally. PIVOTAL helps foster youth acquire the skills, habits and work experience to fulfill their potential. Our staffing agency model makes it convenient and cost-effective for employers to hire teens and generates revenue to support our activities. Visit teenforce.org to learn more about our staffing model. For more information about our organization please email us: info@pivotalnow.org