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Maria is responsible for the development and management of LINC Housing
Corporation’s resident services program, LINC Cares, which makes
life-enhancing services directly available to residents and their
surrounding communities.
Maria’s passion for community work started during her early years as a
Girl Scout and she has since dedicated her life to improving the quality of
life for families, children, seniors, and the community-at-large. Maria has
more than 10 years experience in program development, community organizing,
advocacy, and grass-roots policy change in her work with various nonprofit
and government organizations.
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Prior to joining LINC, Maria was the Service Planning Area 5 Council Coordinator
for the Los Angeles County Children’s Planning Council. Her experiences also
include the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s “Youth Fair
Chance” case-management program in the Pico-Union district, where she utilized
her outreach and organizing skills to develop educational and work opportunities
with high-risk youth. She served as a community organizer for AGENDA’s campaign
to promote economic development opportunities in South Los Angeles, and an organizer
and advocate with homeless families at Harbor Interfaith Shelter in San Pedro.
Maria is currently serving a four year term as City Clerk for the City of Gardena.
Maria has her Bachelor Degree in Latin American Studies and her Master’s in
Social Work from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Maria enjoys spending her free time reading, riding bikes, re-discovering
life’s simple pleasures with her niece and nephew and hanging out with
her husband, Matthew, and their dog, “Sir Phinneus Bentley,” who
they adopted in July 2005.
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