Cynthia (she/ella) is A Chicago native with a passion for helping the city’s youth develop their leadership skills. She is integral to the design and evolution of SSR’s curricula and co-created SitStayRead’s first bilingual curricula and its pilot early childhood family literacy program in 2025. She works with the Executive Director and third party educators to review and revise all curricula and contributes to volunteer training, evaluation, and feedback. Cynthia has directed SitStayRead’s program interns in an ongoing partnership with NEIU since its inception in 2023.
