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Anastasiia Liakhu Anastasiia Liakhu spent most of her professional career in Ukraine as a teacher for children and an advertising advisor for radio stations. Anastasiia has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and pedagogy from Sumy State University Since 2024, Anstasiia has been a trainer with NCRC’s Training Institute. Her goal is to connect the refugee ... Read more

Angelica Maldonado With a deep-rooted love for community and a fervent commitment to empowering others to enact positive change, Angelica has brought over 30 years of volunteer and service experience to her role as a dedicated community leader. Based in San Diego, she is passionate about leveraging my leadership, interpersonal, and office managerial skills to ... Read more

Nancy Maldanado Nancy Maldonado is a visionary leader with extensive expertise in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. She has been recognized for her significant contributions, earning honors such as Becker's Healthcare "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer to Know" and the San Diego Business Journal "Latino Leaders of Influence." Additionally, she received the prestigious Libby ... Read more

Ashley McGuire Ashley McGuire is an independent consultant specializing in relationship transformation, communication, and conflict resolution. With over 25 years of experience across sectors such as education, nonprofits, and corporations, she focuses on helping teams and individuals improve communication, resolve conflict, and build stronger communities. Having founded and led companies dedicated to transforming relationships, Ashley ... Read more

Luis Mendez Luis Vargas went from a fisherman to a jewel when he moved from Pescadero in Northern California to La Jolla in San Diego about a decade ago, to better himself through higher education and a new city. Although he studied aerospace engineering, he has since diversified and works as a civil project manager, ... Read more

Mir Amanullah Nessar Mir Amanullah Nessar is a hardworking and adaptable individual with a background in training, office administration, and consular services. He has over ten years of professional experience and has worked in both international and local organizations. Currently, he is studying web development and IT at Grossmont College to build a strong future ... Read more

Luz Nuñez With over 25 years of experience in human resources and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Luz is a seasoned leader dedicated to creating inclusive, high-performing organizations. As the Founder and CEO of Aurora Consulting Services, Luz has built a reputation for developing HR policies, procedures, and training initiatives that support teams across the ... Read more

Kalif Price Kalif Price is a Project Manager at the National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC), where he designs and leads community-based initiatives focused on dialogue, restorative practices, and wellness. His work centers on supporting refugee communities, facilitating dialogue initiatives on college campuses, and delivering trainings in diverse and often underserved settings. Kalif also leads specialized trainings within ... Read more

Essence Sanders Essence Sanders is NCRC’s Restorative Practices Specialist. She provides halftime coordination and support to the Restorative Practices School Team, and halftime support to the Stop the Hate Grant initiative. Essence meets with school leadership to assess the needs conducive to capacity building of restorative practices. She assists school sites with effectively implementing site-specific ... Read more

Scott Silk Scott Silk is a trainer, educator, facilitator, mediator, and lawyer. In addition to his work as a member of the training team at NCRC, he is the principal at Olive Branch Solutions, an associate for Essential Partners, a dialogue and training organization in Cambridge, MA, and a history and social science teacher at ... Read more