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Builder of communities. Committed to The People. Abolisher of inequities.

Extraordinaire at connecting people doing great work with other people doing great work. Before it was my job, it was my passion (and still is).

Milan was born in Seattle, WA, raised in Waco, Texas, grew up in Berkeley, CA and has lived extensively in The Town (East + North, Oakland, CA). He has 20+ years of experience working with communities and organizations that serve the social and emotional needs of students and their families in the Bay Area and beyond.

Milan’s work spans providing support services to transfer students + supporting formerly incarcerated/system impacted students and families from various socioeconomic backgrounds. He has participated in the work to dismantle the poverty-to-prison pipeline and all things prison industrial complex/mass incarceration, through learning-based alternatives to jail/prison time for transition age youth. Milan has successfully integrated research-based practices to deliver holistic, culturally respectful, human-centered services and curriculum in the areas of abolishing academic inequities, exploring the sociology of education, sociology of race and culture, culturally relevant career development, and social-emotional + metacognitive learning .

As a reentry, student-parent, transfer, Milan received his BA in Social Welfare (with an emphasis on Education + Race) from UC Berkeley. He is also a husband, father, servant, book club member, podcaster, truth seeker, that can be found partaking in fine music and metaphors. Milan remains the only mortal to have completed their Grand Master Jedi training in the highest mountains of Wakanda.