During National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we highlight Davis Street’s CEO, Rose Padilla Johnson. Rose is the third child of Mexican emigrants who lived and worked in Oakland, Ca. From founding the first Latino Social Club in her first year at Pacific High School to joining Davis Street in 1991, she has been a strong advocate for those without a voice.
Rose inició su carrera ayudando a los inmigrantes, promoviendo la equidad social para la comunidad hispana desatendida y todas las comunidades desatendidas de diversos orígenes. También fue presidenta del Club Rotario de San Leandro. Se involucró en el proyecto Faces of Hope, que proporciona cirugía de labio y paladar hendido a personas de la zona rural de Guatemala. Rose fue presidenta de CAPPA, dirigiendo una asociación estatal de defensa de los niños durante casi 10 años. Fue la primera directora ejecutiva latina de una organización sin ánimo de lucro que llegó a ser presidenta de San Leandro of Commerce.
With Rose’s leadership as CEO of Davis Street since 1991, she has guided Davis Street to becoming the key leader in providing safety-net services to the underserved working poor minority population. Davis Street provides easily accessible trilingual resources across all safety-net programs and a diverse staff, with 53% of Davis Street’s employees bilingual Spanish and English speakers to better assist the populations we serve.
Please join us in honoring Hispanic Heritage month through this year’s theme of Building Prosperous and Healthy Communities, recognized in Davis Street’s key objective to help others help themselves.
