Stephanie Perez has extensive experience working in the non-profit sector, specializing in strength based and trauma-informed services to help homeless families achieve employment, education, and financial goals. She is an analytical policy oriented professional graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from San Jose State University. As a San Francisco native, she has deep interest in ending the cycle of homelessness through enhancing equity in marginalized communities. My hope is that through this experience, I can collaborate with different workforce leaders to assess barriers to employment, increase engagement, and create metrics that represent the soft skill development within workforce development that is critical to sustainable development.