Quibila A. Divine

Quibila A. Divine joined SELF, Inc. as director of programs in 2018 and was promoted to Chief Program Officer. She directs year-round planning, execution and quality control of program activities throughout the SELF network of housing and human services. She ensures that participants have access to innovative programming that underscores their resiliency and advances their journey to self-sufficiency and wellness. Outside of SELF, Quibila is an education advocate who works tirelessly to ensure that low-income children are provided equal access to high-quality education. She has over 20 years of experience educating students, enlightening families and empowering communities as the founder and president of her own nonprofit agency, The Educational Advocates Reaching Today’s Hardworking Students, Inc. (EARTHS). Quibila is an advisor to PARENT POWER (What Will You Do with Yours?); Chairs the Community Advisory Board of Community Umbrella Agency (CUA) 7 Northeast Treatment Centers (NET); serves on the board of North Philly Project and serves on the Community Advisory Board of BEBASHI’s Health Enterprise Zone (HEZ) Project. In 2020, Quibila was selected to represent Pennsylvania on the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium's (MAEC) State Advisory Council. MAEC is an education nonprofit dedicated to combating issues of inequity in schools across the country. As part of a diverse group of family and community members known as the Collaborative Action for Family Engagement (CAFE), Quibila lends her voice and expertise in ensuring that the experiences of low-income and homeless families are considered when high-impact school, family and community engagement strategies are developed in Pennsylvania.