Name: Cassandra Benton
Position Title: Health Educator/ Trainer

Email: benton@hify.org

Phone: 415-274-1970 x0045

Credentials: Cassie has been working with HIFY since 2005, and since then has presented over 133 workshops, reaching over 1,550 youth. She received over 70 hours of intensive training on Health and Youth Development, Latin@s Health and Youth Development, Positive Sexuality, Working with LGBT youth, Substance Use and Youth, and Harm Reduction
Hobbies: Reading romance novels, blowing bubbles, and catching up with friends in her spare time.
Why is she here?: Cassie enjoys the works she does with youth, believing that she's building up her community, learning new skills and making friends along the way.

Name: Sheena Castrejon
Position Title: Bilingual Health Educator

Email: castrejon@hify.org

Phone:415-274-1970 x0020

Credentials:Sheena Joined HIFY as a Peer Health Educator in 2006. She was a Peer Health Educator at HIFY for 2 years. In 2007 she also got the opportunity to hop on board with WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life threatening Diseases) as one of their peer health educators. Sheena then took a maternity leave for a year, and had the opportunity to come back to HIFY as the Bilingual Health Educator. She has been here for almost 5 years.
As she returned to HIFY after her 1st child she became very interested in teen pregnancy. Sheena now is working on a curriculum for youth on pregnancy options and parenting. She is very passionate in the work that she is currently doing. She feels there is a strong need in the Latina/o community on sexual health, as well as in the young community on teen pregnancy. Sheena is also very interested in working with kids with mental, and some physical disabilities, and hopes to work with both populations at some point.
Why is she at HIFY? Sheena is at HIFY because she believes in empowering youth to make better choices than the ones she has made. She believes that adults could help youth by communicating with them in their own language, and by being open on important health topics.

Name: Julio Reynaldo (Rey) Estevez
Position Title: Bilingual Health Educator

Email: estevez@hify.org

Phone: 415-274-1970 x0036

Credentials : Over 8 years of professional experience in the San Francisco Bay Area in the areas of education and social justice.
Hobbies : Participating in Soka Gakkai International Buddhist activities, writing rhymes, playing soccer and reading books.
Why Is He Here? To help improve the health of youth in San Francisco and the Bay Area by helping empower them to make the right choices for themselves regarding their health and well being.

Name: Ray Klauber
Position Title: FABULOUS Coordinator

Email: klauber@hify.org

Phone: 415-274-1970 x0024

Credentials: Over 12 years of experience in youth work across the country, a non-profit-jack-of-all-trades, countless certifications, and a BA in Sociology.
Hobbies: Being a bookworm, arts & crafts, playing with his cat Kittn, baking/cooking
Why Is He Here? Ray is dedicated to being a loving, healing, safe and consistent resource for young people.

Name: Luis Guerra
Position Title: Program Manager

Email: guerra@hify.org

Phone: 415-274-1970 x0028

Credentials: Luis is a bilingual community organizer who holds a Bachelor degree in Systems Engineering, studies on Public Health and HIV Prevention. He has extensive training in curriculum development, substance use/abuse, STIs, and other health topics. Luis joined HIFY first as a Community Advisor for the FABULOUS program and then as a Program Manager bringing a strong background in community health assessments, program planning and youth work. Luis oversees different prevention and harm reduction trainings/strategies in a variety of community-based settings including middle schools, high schools, shelters, jails, streets and others.
Hobbies: Marathon training, playing guitar, cooking for friends and organizing his ginormous digital music collection.
Why is He here? To offer youth more options in life to improve their decision-making process.

Email: samayoa@hify.org

Phone: 415-274-1970 x0021

Credentials: Elizabeth came to HIFY initially as Director of Finance and Administration in 2008. When HIFY’s Executive Director left the organization for health reasons, Ms. Samayoa ably stepped in and continues to lead the organization.  Ms. Samayoa has over 21 years of Non-Profit Program Management & Finance experience at health & social services organizations.
She has held various positions including Finance and Personnel Director, Program Manager, Fiscal Officer, Director of Finance & Administration among others. She has a Master’s degree in Public Administration from California State University at Hayward, a certificate of Non-Profit Management and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.  

Name: Jack DeJesus
Position Title: Youth Engagement Specialist

Email: dejesus@hify.org

Phone: 415-274-1970 x0023

Credentials: Over 15 years of experience in the non-profit industrial complex including Youth Development, Health Education, Counseling & Case Management, Publications & Media Arts, and a bunch of other crazy random tasks. Wrote and edited "Walk Like a Warrior: A Young Man's Survival Guide" and contributed to other various HIFY publications.
Hobbies : Bicycling around the city, cooking/baking, rockin' crowds, troubleshooting.
Why Is He Here? Because he wholeheartedly believes in HIFY's core philosophies of Youth Development, Positive Sexuality, Harm Reduction, and Anti-Oppression, and is determined to spread that HIFY love all over the Bay!!!