Executive Director - Amare El Jamii

Amare El Jamii was an on-again off-again community college student without a strong or consistent focus. That changed with the birth of his daughter. Remembering someone telling him as a youth that you either work with your back or work with your brain, he was ready to choose the latter. He finished community college, transferred to UCLA and earned a B.S. in Statistics and Applied Mathematics.

After a series of positions working in higher education such as success coach, program intern and others, Amare now heads two non-profit organizations committed to getting youth college and career ready. He's Executive Director of the James T. Mitchell Pre- Apprenticeship Academy in Long Beach and Founding Partner of Cultivating Hope.

Favorite song: They Reminisce Over You by Pete Rock and C. L. Smooth.

Favorite words: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy.

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