ABOUT BRANDI PORTER & LOVING MY HAIR BRAIDING SHOP Brandi Porter, owner of Loving My Hair Braiding Shop in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point Third Street corridor, provides free haircuts and braiding services to local foster youth. A former foster child...
ABOUT TIFFANY MCCLENDON & THE BUCHANAN MALL OPPORTUNITY HUB Tiffany McClendon is the Manager of the Buchanan Mall Opportunity Hub, a technology-equipped and expandable kiosk that was co-designed with local artists and entrepreneurs. The Hub’s goal is to serve as...
ABOUT LYNETTE MACKEY & MACKEY’S KORNER Lynette Mackey is the founder of Mackey’s Korner, a nonprofit that brings suicide awareness and resources for prevention to Black and Brown youth who have been underserved by the mental health community. After losing...
ABOUT ORIEYONNA JOHNSON & EKLYPZE ENFUZHEN Orieyonna Johnson is the owner of EKLYPZE ENFUZHEN, a multi-generational wellness company based in San Francisco. Positioned as an alternative to Western medicine, they make herbal and CBD products including candles,...
ABOUT MERCEDES JACKSON & YOU VERSE PROJECT Mercedes Jackson is the Founder and Executive Director of The You Verse Project, a nonprofit organization focused on providing emotional wellness for the youth through self-management workshops, meditation, interactive...