Kevine Boggess | Political Director

Before joining the Coleman staff team, first as part-time support for SMAC and then as our Program Lead for our Youth Organizing Project, Kevine worked with Black Youth Vote in Atlanta and led the Morehouse University Amnesty International chapter. While at City College of San Francisco Kevine served as the Student Body President and Coordinator of Students Serving Students (S Cubed), a peer mentoring program at CCSF.

Yesenia Camacho | CMAC Associate

Chanella Hunter | Youth Organizer

Chanella Hunter is a San Francisco native who got involved with Coleman Advocates in high school as YMAC member. As a YMAC leader, she supported campaigns on issues including jobs for students, closing the achievement gap and winning A-G required curriculum in all schools. She also served for two years as the Coleman Youth Justice Corp intern.

Anabel Kingwood | Policy Director

Anabel is the proud daughter of a Chicana mother and Filipino father who met at Horace Mann Middle School in the Mission. Anabel earned her B.A. in Public Policy from Brown University with an emphasis on Urban Education, and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where she participated in the Critical Race Studies Program. Before joining the Coleman family in 2017, Anabel represented young people facing expulsion and seeking legal guardianship, and coordinated a statewide effort to pass legislation eliminating suspension and expulsion for willful defiance/disruption in all California schools.

Samantha Liapes | Development & Communications Director

Samantha has over two decades of experience supporting the development and sustainability of social justice organizations at the local and national level. She worked with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights for eight years, serving as the Director of the Bay Area PoliceWatch project, founding staff and Director of NYC PoliceWatch, Staff Development Coordinator and Development Director. In 2007 and 2008, Samantha ran the Generational Alliance (GA), a national network of progressive youth and student organizations working to promote the voices, vision and leadership of young people from historically disenfranchised communities. Before that, as an independent consultant based in the Bay Area, Samantha provided training and consultation to numerous local and national organizations in the areas of resource development, membership growth, project management, strategic planning, and communications.

Andrea Mejia | Prop N Coordinator

Andrea Mejia is a San Francisco native, proud mother of a baby boy, and daughter of immigrant parents from Central America. She comes with over 5 years of managerial experience that translates into this sector to help organize and train people to be advocates for themselves and others. Raised by a grandmother that always taught her to stand up against injustices, she developed a passion for helping people. Now, being a mother herself she is teaching her son to be an advocate for himself and his community as Coleman is teaching others.

Avinia Rucker, Administrative Associate

Avinia Rucker brings a diverse professional background to her role as Coleman’s Administrative Associate. She has extensive administrative experience and is also a graduate of culinary school with experience as a special events caterer. Avinia was born in San Francisco and grew up in the foster care system, living in foster homes throughout the Bay Area. She is the proud mother three year-old Avaun and is excited to work at an organization dedicated to building better schools and brighter futures for Black and Brown kids.

Monica Salazar| Office Manager

Monica Salazar is a proud mother of three children she is raising in the Mission District, where she herself was raised after coming to the U.S. from Guatemala at age 10.  Monica came to Coleman with more than 15 years nonprofit experience as an office manager, mental health intake coordinator and counselor, supporting children and youth in foster care.  She continues to work with children and youth in foster care as an on-call support counselor and placement worker for children entering the foster care system. Monica is committed to building the capacity of community organizations to improve conditions for low-income children and families and is happy to be able to continue this work at Coleman.

Neva Walker | Executive Director

Neva is a long-time youth worker, community organizer and political leader from Minneapolis who recently relocated to the Bay Area. She was born into an activist family; her mother founded and ran community programs at the Sabathani Community Center, located right across the street from the family’s home. Neva herself now has decades of experience working with low income youth and families of color around economic and racial justice issues. She has organized intensively around community demands for affordable housing and opportunities for youth. At age 29, Neva was the first African American woman elected to the Minnesota Legislature in the state’s history. She ran a precedent-setting grassroots election campaign that involved young people of color at every level of leadership. She served 8 years as a legislator before stepping down to return to her organizing roots.