Sandra Escamilla
Executive Vice President: As executive vice president, Sandra supports senior leaders who oversee our community schools and centers to deliver high-quality holistic services and implement strategies that enable children, youth, and families to succeed and thrive. She also supports senior leaders charged with cultivating, implementing, and disseminating best practices in the community schools and collective impact movements as well as our college/career access and workforce development initiatives. Previously, Sandra spent nearly 15 years with the Fund of the City of New York's Youth Development Institute, the last five of which she served as executive director. She led a host of initiatives designed to help youth-serving organizations across multiple sectors maximize their impact in New York City and across the nation. She also founded a consultancy where she provided executive coaching to local and national leaders throughout the country with a focus on DEIB. Sandra earned an M.S.W. from Columbia University and received a B.A. in sociology from Hunter College, where she also was an instructor in a course on mentorship.
Appears in 5 Episodes
From Stickball to Surgery
In the season finale of “Every Step of the Way,” hosts Sandra Escamilla and Georgia Boothe sit down with Dr. Raja Flores, the chief of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai ...
Harlem: 40 Years of Hope and Change
In this inspiring episode of “Every Step of the Way,” hosts Georgia Boothe and Sandra Escamilla sit down with Casper Lassiter, the director of Children's Aid's Milbank...
Hoops, Hope and Leadership
In episode 2 of ‘Every Step of the Way,’ co-hosts Sandra Escamilla and Georgia Boothe sit down with Daniel Singleton, principal at P.S. 31 on Staten Island, to delve i...
Growing Up and Giving Back
In the inaugural episode of 'Every Step of the Way,' Georgia Boothe and Sandra Escamilla, executive vice presidents at Children's Aid, co-host a deeply inspiring conve...
Introducing Every Step of the Way
From classrooms to boardrooms—Children's Aid alumni are making an impact every step of the way.Hosted by Sandra Escamilla and Georgia Boothe, executive vice presidents...
