Youth and family Opportunities center was founded In 2006 by Frederick Colunga, M.A., Mark Wayne, M.A, Renee Colunga, special education teacher, and Susan Wandling, director of pre-college programs at Sonoma State University.
As educators and counselors in the public school system, we
All shared a vision of creating a program to assist youth who have not succeeded in traditional school setting and to provide families with the resources which foster parent and youth partnerships. Workll19 In public schools has l3ught us the Importance of creating partnerships with parents, youth, and community agencies, which provide youth with creative programs to succeed.