Urban Upbound
Aleika Sepulveda has extensive experience in youth services and support roles within various organizations. Currently serving as a Payroll Secretary at the NYC Department of Education since November 2021, Aleika Sebulveda also holds the position of Retention Specialist at Urban Upbound since 2018 and has been a SYEP Coordinator at Catholic Charities since April 2016. Prior experience includes working as the Graham SLAM Internship Coordinator at Graham Windham, where Aleika Sepulveda provided internships for youth in care, and as an Intake Coordinator at CAMBA, offering client liaison services. Additional roles include Program Coordinator at Can We Talk Youth Lounge and Youth Advisor at Alianza Dominicana, Inc., where Aleika Sebulveda assisted in program development and participant assessments. Educational credentials include a Master’s degree in Youth Services from CUNY School of Professional Studies and a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from Monroe College.
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Urban Upbound
Urban Upbound’s mission is to provide public housing residents with a comprehensive group of accessible, vital, and impactful services to tackle poverty and change lives. We work with the more than 30,000 individuals living in four Western Queens public housing neighborhoods – Queensbridge (the largest public housing community in the nation), Astoria, Woodside, and Ravenswood. Urban Upbound serves clients through four comprehensive programs: 1.) Workforce Development: providing soft skills job readiness training and one-on-one career counseling, as well as job placement and retention assistance for the unemployed and underemployed. 2.) Financial Fitness Program: providing a suite of financial empowerment services including one-on-one crisis and short-term counseling, one-on-one long-term asset building counseling, community-based financial educational workshops, free tax preparation and comprehensive public benefits screening and enrollment. 3.) Youth Development/College Access: Urban Upbound’s youth services include in-depth SAT, college preparation, and college retention services. 4.) Community Revitalization: Urban Upbound ensures public housing neighborhoods have access to community assets such as mainstream financial services through the Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union, opened in 2010, the Urban Upbound FCU is the first low-income designated credit union in Queens ever.