PIVOTAL
Sheena Xyong serves as a RISE Coach at Silicon Valley Children's Fund since July 2015, where this nonprofit organization focuses on improving life outcomes for foster youth in Santa Clara County through advocacy, funding, and program evaluation. Prior to this role, Sheena was a Public Ally Apprentice at Public Allies from September 2014 to June 2015, working in collaboration with Silicon Valley Children's Fund. Sheena holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from San Jose State University.
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