Jenny Castro

Castro first worked with Empower House as a promotora in 2008, providing health education and community outreach for programs. Since that time, she’s worked for a variety of nonprofits, eventually returning to the organization in 2019 as Director of Programs. In that role, Castro led Empower House SA’s response to COVID-19 – providing rental, utility and food assistance to community members who faced job loss and underemployment, as well as safe and accessible adult and youth programming throughout the pandemic. Additionally, she helped re imagine programs after COVID – expanding access to vital services for both youth and adults – parenting programs, mental health counseling, daily after school youth development programming including high impact tutoring and wrap around services.