Our History
Established in February 2019, edÚcate is a comprehensive educational initiative seeking to support student's academically and socio-emotionally. Our goal is to give our students all the tools they need to successfully achieve their goals, which is why we focused on their mental and emotional wellness along with their academics.
Meet the Team
Diamond Strong
High School Intern
Diamond Strong serves as High School Intern, modeling perseverance, integrity, scholarship and pride. She's active scholar of the program. A 4.0 Scholar at Jordan High School. Finally, a former recipient of the The Obama Reach Higher Award, National Junior Honors Society, UCLA MESA. She is Performing Artist, and Business Management prospect.
Juana Gas provides professional development and guidance for our instructors to improve their content knowledge and effective delivery of instructional strategies. As the academic coach, her goal is to ensure that academic instructors acquire the understanding and skills to enhance instructional practices at the classroom level and raise the level of the students' academic achievement. Juana Gasca has over 5 years working as an academic instructor. She is an essential advocate for education and servicing her community. Juana also works for Downey Unified as an AVID tutor. She has worked with Nike and Kaiser Permanent in services that help the community and public health. She received her Associates degree in Kinesiology from El Camino College and is currently majoring in Health Science (Community Health) at California State University of Domínguez Hills. Juana’s career goal is to be a Physician Assistant.