Meet Our Career Pathways Team
Jackie Garcia
Career Pathways Manager
Jackie has spent many years helping her community in many ways, especially the Latino community in Sonoma County. She helped non-English speaking parents and students learn about all the opportunities that the schools have to offer while also providing tutoring services to the students in need. While attending college she worked with the Reintegration Program, where she was coached on how to help individuals apply for jobs and help guide them through career exploration. Jackie was a first-generation college student who received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Kassandra De Anda
Marin Career Pathways Associate
Kassandra joined CCNB in August 2023, she wanted to give back to the community and help those she can. Growing up in a Spanish dominant household she understands the struggles when it comes to trying to learn a second language and getting an education.
Kassandra is a senior at Sonoma State University. She is set to graduate in the spring of 2024 with a BA in Liberal Studies. From there she is hoping to be either an elementary school teacher or a Spanish teacher for middle or high schoolers.
In her free time she enjoys going to the movies with her friends, building puzzles or just hanging out with her family.
N’Game’ Gray
Cotati Career Pathways Associate
N’Game’ Gray is coming back to CCNB and serving our Career Pathways department once again! N’Game’ went to college to attain her degree in Social Justice in Intercultural Relations at CSU Long Beach, and has been thriving ever since, making her mark in the Santa Rosa community as an advocate and activist for BIPOC youth and adults alike. Her passion for the youth, and that is what drives her to be the best version of herself every day.
Emi Merlier
Career Pathways Associate
Emi joined CCNB in January 2024. She recently graduated from her BA in Applied Modern Languages which led her to want to work with different communities and cultures, while pursuing any helpful cause serving the environment. Growing up in France and traveling the world, she, by nature, wants to help others and learn about different cultures. She has been giving back to the community in different ways throughout her life, as a Behavior Technician helping children with autism, teaching languages (mainly French), or working at the library. She knows the struggles of finding your place in the work life and how to make the most of your skills and interests, as well as the cultural differences that can be challenging both in your professional and personal life, thus she wants to now be that helping guide through those challenges for others.
Flor Velasquez
Marin Career Pathways Associate
Flor started working at CCNB in 2018 as a corpsmember. During her time as a corpsmember I was able to accomplish a lot such as many certificates that include CPR, OSHA-10, Sawyer 1, and 2, Chipper. Flor obtained her high school diploma and learned English at CCNB. In addition, she was able to get her driver’s license. With the removal of these barriers, with support of CCNB Flor moved forward with her career and started working as the Marin Operations Associate in January 2024. In this role, she was able to support all the departments and corpsmembers. Now, in this new role, she will be able to use her personal experiences to support corpsmembers in their success. In her free time, Flor enjoys going on bike rides with her daughter, and spending quality time with her family. Flor is grateful to CCNB for all the doors they help open to all the program participants.
A star (★) next to a staff title denotes that this staff member is a former corpsmember. We are proud to have so many former program participants among our staff!
Conservation Corps North Bay is the oldest local nonprofit youth conservation corps in the country. Serving Marin and Sonoma Counties since 1982, CCNB has helped thousands of young people achieve their goals through education and job skills, while serving the environment and community.