Shianté  was born and raised right here in San Francisco, California. Shianté  attended San Francisco State where she studied child and adolescent development. Since she was sixteen years old Shianté  has always had a passion for working with youth. She started out working as a program aid for the Boys and Girls Club. From there Shianté  went on to work as a P.E. teacher at Commodore Sloat before transitioning into a site coordinator for a non-profit called Play Works. After three years with Play Works, Shianté  took a role at the YMCA of San Francisco where she worked as the site coordinator at Harvey Milk for two years before becoming a director of community programs. After working very hard at that role for two years Shianté  had the opportunity to be the Senior Director of Community Programs where she created and developed programs for over 1000+ kids a year. Shianté  has done amazing work to benefit the youth of San Francisco which makes her a perfect match for our team. Shianté  is energetic, responsible, thoughtful, and confident. In her free time Shianté  enjoys hiking, spending time with family and friends, and trying new things. Shianté  also enjoys to go to the pottery studio to make amazing hand build pieces. A fun fact about Shainte is that she can complete a rubics cube in under 3 minutes!