ART PROGRAM MANAGER
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Krista guides program development, strategy and partnerships with Larkin Street Youth Service’s Art program, as a part of the Larkin Street Academy leadership team. Together with her colleagues, she contributes toward integrated service models that bring together arts, education and employment to support our clients chosen pathways forward. She is passionate about supporting the creative and leadership skills development of the brilliant young adults we have the opportunity to learn from and with! Krista loves to collaborate with her colleagues across the agency to locate funding support and leverage partnerships that bring more resources and opportunities to the young people we work with. Krista is an interdisciplinary choreographer, director, performer, educator and writer. Artistic Director of MovingGround, she is committed to engaging interdisciplinary collaboration that bridges performance work, education and action toward social justice. With her collaborators, she builds site-specific, audience-interactive theater experiences, for and with performers, audience participants and community partners.

ARTS & MUSIC INSTRUCTOR
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Algin supports the Art Program through classes, workshops and mentorship; developing curricular design and teaching workshops for the Art Program’s Arts & Entrepreneurship intensive: The Creative’s Lab. The Arts & Music Instructor specifically supports music production (recording, mixing and mastering) in Art House @ 134, Larkin’s Art studio, as well as, for performance and production of the Art Program’s annual Performing Arts Night and other events. Algin (DJ Align) Ford, is a DJ, dancer, producer and curator from the SF Fillmore. Algin has trained, performed and traveled within various styles / companies and artist on both the east & west coast and has a heavy focus on community based projects. This year Algin has helped co-produce a song on Janelle Monae’s new Grammy Nominated album. As well as performed movement at The Guggenheim Museum & the Joyce Theatre in New York with company Les Ballet Afrik in styles West African, Afrobeat, Hip Hop, House & Vogue, where he also served as the Musical Director for the company the last 5 years. His purpose has been to serve as an educator and advocate for underprivileged youth and to be a reflection for his community.