Staff
The JYCA Team
Our team is dedicated to building youth leaders and driving JYCA’s mission forward. We are proud to support Jewish youth in their pursuits of justice.
g tatsuya
Interim Executive director
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Geo (they/he) joins JYCA as its first queer, trans, and Asian American Executive Director. They are dedicated to centering racial justice within the organization and throughout JYCA’s programs. He approaches his work with positive youth development, trauma-informed, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, and abolitionist frameworks. Throughout his career, they have worked to empower and support LGBTQ+ youth. G received their BA in Political Science with a focus in International Relations and International Migration from the University of California, Los Angeles. In G’s free time, you can catch him designing floral arrangements and reading about international migration studies!
Ilana goldberg
youth program manager
Ilana (she/her) is so excited to be joining the JYCA team and spending (even more) time thinking about Judaism and justice. Ilana is a lifelong East Bay resident, a passionate Yiddishist, and a sometimes-successful challah baker. Before working at JYCA, Ilana was an immigration paralegal and educator at San Rafael's Canal Alliance, and taught at Beth El's afterschool programs. In her free time you can find her hiking, singing, and thrift shopping.