Angela Reyes
Founder & Executive Director @Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Founder & Executive Director @Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
DHDC’s mission is to make a difference by creating life-changing opportunities for youth and their families. We are committed to meeting the needs of our community by providing quality, innovative and culturally appropriate services, primarily in Southwest Detroit. Our vision is to create a stable and safe community where youth and families have opportunities for self-empowerment, education, and personal wealth.In 1997, Angela Reyes founded DHDC from her living room because she “was tired of burying children.” To reduce the violence, DHDC’s Gang Retirement and Continuing Education and Employment program (GRACE) formed after forging a truce with leaders of rival gangs, who agreed to leave the gangs in return for jobs. Since 2001, DHDC has resided at 1211 Trumbull Street in Detroit and services over youth and adults annually in several programs. Visit our website for more information:
EDUCATION
University of Michigan
MPH, Public Health - Policy & Administration
Harvard Kennedy School
Executive Education
SKILLS
ABOUT ANGELA REYES
Founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, a non-profit community-based organization, started in 1997* Developed nationally recognized model of integrated services focused on youth and families, including gang prevention and intervention, drop-out prevention, training in entrepreneurial skills and multi-media arts; support services for individuals transitioning out of prison such as case management, job readiness and placement, and tattoo removal; substance abuse, youth and family counseling; HIV counseling and testing; Adult Education classes and training in technology.*Founding board member of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center, established in 1995, which involves multiple funded research and intervention projects aimed at increasing knowledge and addressing factors associated with health disparities of residents in Detroit, Michigan. Actively involved in several community based participatory research (CBPR) projects examining and addressing social and physical environmental determinants of health, and capacity building for policy change.Specialties: International speaker and consultant on cultural awareness, youth gangs and violence, substance abuse, community-based participatory research, policy development and community organizing.
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