Program Leadership
Alexandra Rees, Executive Director:
Alexsandra (Sandy) Rees has spent most of her adult life working in the non-profit
field in business and social service sectors as CEO, Director of Development, Community
Outreach and Public Relations and Marketing. She holds a Master's Degree in Behavioral
Health, and a BA in Business. She is graduate of Cal State Leadership North and
attended UCLA's Institute for Organizational Management. She is a Tribal Artisan
of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Sandy is
a fourth generation Tucsonan. Her first language was Spanish learning English only
after entering school at the age of 6. In Tucson she was involved with Youth at
Risk, Ronald McDonald House, Children's Miracle Network, Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Development
and Community Outreach, created the Pascua Yaqui Youth Education and Wellness Foundation,
and was Director of Development and Community Affairs for the Tucson Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce, one of the largest chambers in the nation. Sandy moved to San
Diego eight years ago and worked at Interfaith Community Services as a Program Administrator
for the Confia en Ti program for migrant workers and their families. She then went
to San Marcos Chamber of Commerce as CEO and was Vice President of Development for
the Tiananmen Square Children's Peace Foundation. Sandy relates well to the mission
of La Cuna, having been raised by her loving grandmother and aunt. She says that
it is through the love and nurturing of her Nana that she grew to adulthood with
the values she holds dear today. Her Nana, who spoke only Spanish, imparted to her
the love of the language, music and culture.
Rachel Humphreys, MA, Founder:
Ms Humphreys has a long history of commitment to projects that bring critical resources
to underserved youth. She began working with children in the Cabrini Green Projects
in Chicago and later worked with gangs in Tucson. In San Diego, Humphreys has directed
youth programs and advocated for the rights of children for the past 12 years. She
has a 17-year history of designing and implementing projects that bring critical
resources to youth. As the Founder of La Cuna, Humphreys' responsibilities include:
child advocacy work, program development, budgeting, community outreach and collaboration,
board development, fundraising, staff management, oversight of all operations and
fulfillment of county and state FFA requirements. Humphreys is bilingual (English/Spanish),
has a Masters in Latin American Studies from the U. of AZ and was a Visiting Scholar
at the Center for US/Mexico Studies at UCSD.
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