SYDA SEGOVIA TAYLOR
"There is a dire need and urgency for us to understand that we are one human family.
We are witnessing the danger of believing we are not interconnected."
We are witnessing the danger of believing we are not interconnected."
The past 25 years have been devoted to improving the holistic health of young people. Syda has worked with high profile nonprofits in Chicago alongside city agencies to bring opportunities to youth in under-resourced Black and Latino communities. She takes great pride of being a social justice advocate: promoting race unity, gender equality, oneness of humankind, health and food access, the arts, harmony between science and religion, and quality education. |
I believe we need to be strategic, intentional, and let the data |
Her career started as a former dancer and elementary physical education/health teacher then transitioned to nonprofits:
- Chicago Public Schools, District 299-Family & Community Engagement Manager in Education
- Baha'i Temple- Bicentennial Program Consultant
- Project Exploration - Director of Programs and Community Engagement
- Local Initiative Support Corporation - Program Officer
- Quad Communities Development Corporation- Elev8 Director
- After School Matters- Program Specialist
- South Shore Cultural Center - Interim Center Director/Cultural Program Coordinator