Yanitza Carmona y Correa

Bilingual Therapist at UCAN (Chicago)

Yanitza Carmona y Correa, MSW, is an experienced professional in the field of social work, currently serving as a Bilingual Therapist at UCAN in Chicago since May 2018. In addition to this role, Yanitza has been the Executive Director of Club Taji Ciudad Hidalgo since April 2016. Previous experience includes working as a Family Support Specialist at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning from September 2017 to May 2018, an Administrative Intern at Consuelo Therapeutic Services from August 2016 to May 2017, and an Administrative Intern for the YSVP program at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago from August 2015 to May 2016. Yanitza holds a degree from the University of Illinois Chicago, obtained between 2015 and 2017.

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UCAN (Chicago)

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UCAN builds strong youth and families through compassionate healing, education, and empowerment. Since the Civil War, UCAN has served the most vulnerable children, youth, and families, and has grown over 145 years into a premier social service agency serving over 10,000 individuals annually. UCAN programs address the impact of trauma: with a consistent presence, meaningful programs, and unrivaled organizational diversity and cultural competence. These trauma-informed programs include clinical and counseling services, support for pregnant or parenting teens, foster care placement, a therapeutic youth home, a therapeutic day school, transitional living programs, workforce development, youth leadership development, and violence prevention. At the heart of it all, UCAN’s vision is that youth who have suffered trauma can become our future leaders. UCAN is a consistent and compassionate presence in the lives of those who are most at risk. We start with the premise that communities with challenges possess strengths upon which they can build. From this premise evolves an approach to community support that fosters collaboration with existing neighborhood resources to strengthen communities, one youth at a time. UCAN’s community efforts provide leadership development, supportive jobs for youth, individual healing, and mentoring. UCAN's founding is rooted in spirituality. In 1869, UCAN was founded by members of St. Pauls United Church of Christ (UCC) to provide a home for orphaned children of Civil War soldiers. The UCC and its predecessors have long advocated for social justice, including the struggle for the abolition of slavery and being the first to ordain African-Americans, women, and openly gay persons as clergy. Diversity is a core UCAN value, reflected in our staff, our minority-led Board of Directors, and our clients. It is vitally important that UCAN counteract the influence of discrimination on our communities, families and youth.