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Offices

The Children's Defense Fund-California was established in Northern California in 1998 to meet the needs of underserved children in the state of California.  CDF-CA's Northern California office focuses on health policy, as well as policies that impact boys of color.  Opened in 2001, the Los Angeles office is the hub for CDF-CA's programmatic and policy work in the areas of education,  youth leadership training and development, and school push-out and juvenile justice reform—particularly in Southern California.

Los Angeles Office

3333 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550
Los Angeles, CA 90010
p. (213) 355-8787
f. (213) 355-8795

Staff

Kim Brettschneider
Executive Director
(213) 355-8791
kimb@childrensdefense.org

Michelle Newell
Senior Policy Associate
(213) 355-8790
mnewell@childrensdefense.org

Joanna Flores
Program Associate
(213) 355-8788
jflores@childrensdefense.org

Saira Soto
Program Director
(213) 355-8793
ssoto@childrensdefense.org

Lorena Sanchez
Health Program Coordinator
(213) 201-0830
lsanchez@childrensdefense.org

Angélica Salazar
Policy Associate
(213) 201-0831
asalazar@childrensdefense.org

Hanif Houston
Communications Associate
(213) 201-0833
hhouston@childrensdefense.org 

Caroline Kim
Development Associate
(213) 434-9586
ckim@childrensdefense.org 

Northern California Office

2201 Broadway, Suite 815
Oakland, CA 94612
p. (510) 663-3224
f. (510) 663-1783

Jamila Iris Edwards
Northern California Director
(510) 663-3780
jedwards@childrensdefense.org

Michele Stillwell-Parvensky
Policy and Communications Associate
(510) 663-1294
mstillwellparvensky@childrensdefense.org

Serena Kirk
Senior Policy Associate
(510) 219-6415
skirk@childrensdefense.org

Kisha Jackson
Office Administrator
(510) 663-2984
kjackson@childrensdefense.org

 

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