Seeyade Gizachew

Seeyade Gizachew serves as the Community Health Coordinator at RYSE Youth Center since March 2022, focusing on organizing events and facilitating workshops for African Black Caribbean diaspora students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where Seeyade has also worked as an Education Opportunities Program Textbook Lending Library Intern since August 2020. Additional experience includes roles as a Counselor's Personal Assistant at Berkeley High School and an intern with Health Career Connection, where Seeyade conducted research on COVID-19 and developed a mental health social media campaign. Seeyade's earlier role as Lead Education Outreach Coordinator in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program involved health education development and team supervision. Seeyade holds a Master of Social Work from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Community Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.