Filipino Youth Coalition Team

Mark has been doing community work for a little over 20 years, but he first found out about FYC when he was a freshman in high school at Piedmont Hills High School. After graduating from Piedmont Hills, he spent a year in San Diego where he attended Southwestern Community College. He then moved back to the Bay Area where he received his AA at City College of San Francisco then finally, transferring to San Francisco State University where he got his BA in Asian American Studies. He has been with FYC for over 15 years and is also an active core member of the Filipino American National Historical Society Santa Clara Valley chapter and the San Jose chapter of Zulu Nation. Mark has been DJing under the handle “Mark The DJ” since 1996 and is into many other things.  

Jennifer has been involved with FYC since 2013. She was a student, a CORE member, a summer intern, a volunteer, and now a staff member since 2022. Jennifer graduated from Evergreen Valley College with her AA in Psychology and then graduated from Pacific Oaks College with her BA in Human Development and Social Change. She is passionate about positive, sustainable, and holistic social change. Jennifer is also a 65-hour California State Certified Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Crisis Counselor. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys weightlifting, hiking, going to the beach, and dancing. 

With an eagerness to lead and educate the Filipino community with others, Ava recently joined FYC. A rising senior at Santa Teresa High School, she currently serves as a Youth Ministry Coordinator at Saint Francis of Assisi, actively participates in organizations including Key Club & Unicef, and runs varsity track and field at her school. She wants everyone to feel welcome and cared for, as she loves meeting others. Ava loves traveling to try different foods, journaling about her day, and grabbing boba to watch the sunset.