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.

罗斯开始了她的职业生涯，协助移民，为得不到服务的西班牙裔社区和所有来自不同背景的得不到服务的社区促进社会公平。她还曾担任圣莱昂德罗扶轮社的主席。她参与了 "希望之面 "项目，该项目为危地马拉农村地区的个人提供唇腭裂手术。罗斯曾担任CAPPA的主席，领导全州的儿童宣传协会近10年。她是第一个成为圣莱昂德罗商业协会主席的非营利组织的拉丁裔首席执行官。

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.