Our Goals for 2021

In our first blog of the new year, the Leo T. McCarthy staff shares their thoughts and resolutions for 2021. Check out their goals for the new year and see if you share some or find new ones!

Derick Brown

Senior Director

I wish for a continued healthy and happy life. That said

my New Year’s resolution is to eat healthy and exercise daily!

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Star Plaxton-Moore

Director of Community Engaged Learning

I got a weighted blanket for Christmas, so I plan to take more naps this year.

I also intend to finish my dissertation and graduate with my doctorate in May.

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Priana Aquino

Communications Assistant

My resolution is to be a more conscious consumer, not just

of tangible items but also of the media I read and watch.

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Dresden Smith

Literacy Program Coordinator, Engage San Francisco

My resolutions are to 1) find rest and joy in every day,

2) reincorporate my flame fashion sense into my zoom box, and

3) eat breakfast every morning!!!

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Leslie Lombre

Director of External Relations

My goal is to be more present in every moment of 2021

and to make time to be kind to others and to myself.

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Karin Cotterman

Director of Engage San Francisco

I resolve that as a parent, partner, scholar, practitioner and
citizen, I will continue to work towards living a meaningful,
ethical life that contributes to a more just world.

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Angeline Vuong

Assistant Director, Public Service Programs

My resolutions are 1) to thrive in the complex and gray areas of life,
2) hold and see multiple truths at once; 3) to give freely and
abundantly; and 4) step into my own power repeatedly.

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Jaqueline Ramos

Literacy Program Coordinator, Engage San Francisco

I promise myself to be more present,
intentional, and show up unapologetically.

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