Opportunity Impact
The staff at Opportunity Impact offers more than 30 years of combined experience with at-risk youth and youth community services, and is committed to providing development programs that can support this group.
Emily LoSavio, Founder/Director
Emily@OpportunityImpact.org
Emily was born in San Francisco and raised in the Bay Area. During her time studying Law & Society at UC Davis, she was involved in a youth development and community rehabilitation project that solidified her desire to work in social services. While studying abroad in Italy, she realized the importance of maintaining a community perspective in working with youth. She graduated from the Coro Community Fellows Program for civic leadership in fall 2004 and has been lucky to serve on several non profit boards. After working with youth for much of the past decade, Emily was tired of meeting youth who needed support, but the solution "wasn't in the mission." She vows that Opportunity Impact's response to youth will always be "that's what we do!"
Silena Layne, Program Manager
Silena@OpportunityImpact.org
Silena is a Bay
Area native born in San Francisco who grew up in Oakland. While participating
in high school and college basketball she was introduced to the concepts
of hard work and community, which inspired Silena to study Sociology
at the University of San Francisco and later serve as a US Peace Corps
Volunteer in Swaziland-Africa as an HIV/AIDS impact mitigation. For
more then ten years, Silena has been working with youth in educational,
recreational ands community development – her passion. She finds
her work designing Life Skills materials for personal development and
story-telling a fulfilling joy.
Cultivating Impact
Erin Shea, Director
Erin@CultivatingImpact.org
Erin was born and raised in Sonoma County, gaining an appreciation for nature and fresh foods from an early age by helping tend her father’s backyard garden. She studied Environmental Studies at UC Santa Cruz, focusing on Sustainable Agriculture. During this time, she gained valuable experiences interning at a community garden for the homeless. More recently, Erin started and managed an organic farm, selling the produce through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. She is now transitioning this farm into a community-oriented place where people can connect with nature and learn about where their food comes from and how they can grow their own.
