Urban Upbound
Pedro Salazar has extensive work experience in financial empowerment and program management. Pedro began their career at Phipps Neighborhoods in 2008, where they served as the Financial Empowerment Program Director until 2015. Pedro then joined CAMBA as a Project Coordinator II and Financial Counselor for Workforce Development/Rockaway Economic Initiative from 2016 to 2017. Currently, Pedro is working at Urban Upbound, initially as the Financial Fitness Program Manager since 2017 and later transitioning to the role of Assistant Director in September 2022.
Pedro Salazar attended Cardinal Hayes High School from 1989 to 1992 and obtained their High School Diploma. After completing high school, they pursued further education at Hamilton College from 1992 to 1997, earning a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. The field of study for both their high school diploma and bachelor's degree is not provided.
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.