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Brian Villa is a MPH/MSW student at the University of California, Berkeley. He currently works with Emily Ozer and Innovations for Youth as a graduate student researcher. His role includes implementing youth voice modules in San Francisco Unified School District, and supporting the Youth Equity Scholars (YES) program, a research apprenticeship and mentorship program. Brian has over six years of experience assisting young people with Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) projects. He previously worked as the Community Health Manager at the RYSE Youth Center in Richmond, CA, and as a Teacher Apprentice with the Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP) in San Francisco. At RYSE he mentored public health interns and helped them conduct YPAR projects on topics such as mental health/coping, lgbtq safety & visibility, gender justice, and student engagement. In PEP, he taught Asian American Studies at Balboa High School and worked on YPAR projects on student voice, school policy, stress, and violence. His interests include youth leadership and development, mental health, decolonizing public health frameworks and methodologies, and healing-centered/liberatory practices.
