About YAU
WHO WE ARE
LaToya English – Grants Manager
Isabella Mellish – Program Assistant
Sally Strand – Web & Graphic Design
Sylvia Campbell – Accounting
Dr. Denise Smith Allen – Research Consultant
Teaching Artists:
Emma Davis – Dance
Dan Gerics – Theatre
Marcia McGee – Yoga & Spoken Word Poetry
Ella McAndrew – Theatre
Meghan C. Kelly – Visual Arts
Talia Wooten – Dance
Debbie Trombly – Visual Arts
Teaching Artist Assistants:
Noah Beaumont; Jenna McIntire; Evelyn (Annie) Tereau, Nadia Zerka
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Board of Directors:
Steven Hull – Chair
Program Manager MDHHS – Alger, Marquette & Schoolcraft counties. Youth Arts: Unlocked Co-founder & Former Visual Arts Teaching Artist.
Honorable Jessica Hammon – Vice Chair
Genesee County 67th District Court Judge. Past President Genesee County Bar Association & Former Youth Arts: Unlocked Yoga Teaching Artist.
Chuck Gurden – Treasurer
Retired Vice President of Baker Center for Graduate Studies/Baker Online & Baker College Enrollment Center St. Francis School of Law. Board Member Friends of Modern Art (Flint Institute of Arts).
Linda Pylypiw – Secretary
Retired Attorney at Law. Past Board President of Flint Public Library, Greater Flint Arts Council and the Flint Institute of Arts.
Jacob Blumner
Professor of English and Director Marian E. Wright Writing Center at the University of Michigan Flint.
Joshua Cambri, Esq., MSW
Associate Attorney-Simon, Figura, Parker, PLC
Mark Jagos, LMSW
Retired Genesee County Pretrial Services & Community Corrections. Past Program & Prison Reentry Coordinator for New Paths, Inc. & Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan, Social Work Department
Polly McCollum, LLMSW
Foster care POS monitor with the State of Michigan, special training in juvenile justice and dual ward case management
Canisha Norris, BS, CHES, RYT 500, C-IAYT
Health Education Coordinator-Genesee Co. Health Dept.; Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Facilitator-Community Foundation of Greater Flint; Senior Faculty Member-International Institute of Yoga Therapy
Mikki Silvey (Lowrie)
Attorney at Law – Senior Tax Manager, Property Tax.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
7th Judicial Circuit Court Genesee County / Genesee County Juvenile Justice Center / Peckham, Inc.
Artdillo Studios / Bangtown Studios On The Go / Buckham Gallery /Elga Credit Union / Flint Crepe Company / Flint Downtown Small Business Association / Flint River Water Coalition / Genesee County Prevention Coalition / Greater Flint Arts Council / Motherly Intercession / Serenity Community House – Flint
Exhibition Venues: Buckham Gallery / Comma Bookstore & Social Hub / Flint Crepe Company / First Presbyterian Church – Flint / Good Beans Cafe / Greater Flint Arts Council / St. Paul’s Episcopal Church –Flint / Totem Books
Special Thank You to Flint Crepe Co. for hosting Youth Arts: Unlocked art pieces in their establishment!
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