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Staff Contact Information
Cassie Benton
Trainer / Health Educator
415-274-1970 x45
benton@hify.org
about Cassie
Tina Mahle
Media Coordinator / Trainer
415-274-1970 x28
mahle@hify.org
about Tina
Carnelius Quinn
Program Manager
415-274-1970 x24
quinn@hify.org
about Carnelius
Elizabeth Samayoa
Acting Executive Director
415-274-1970 x21
samayoa@hify.org
Sheena Castrejon
Bilingual Health Educator
415-274-1970 x20
castrejon@hify.org
About HIFY Staff
Cassie Benton
Hey Bay Area! It's me Cassandra Benton a.k.a. Cassie! A bit about myself... I started working with HIFY in 2005 in the Peer Health Education department. After becoming a 2 nd year Peer Leader, I was offered the opportunity to move into a different position with the adult staff in the Training Department. Now, I am a Health Educator/ Trainer at HIFY. It's an awesome job and I really enjoy developing and presenting workshops to youth and adults in the Bay Area. I am a recent graduate of Oakland High (go '07!!) and a person who's very passionate about HIV. I've been interviewed for radio shows and have been a guest on local shows about positive sexuality and HIV/ AIDS. My favorite motto is: "if it's safe, fun, and consensual- it's all good!" I believe that we (the youths) have the power to change the world, and HIFY gives us the tools we need to take our first steps. If you want to be an active member of the community and have fun, then sign up to be a trainer at HIFY!
Tina Mahle
Tina Mahle first got a taste of HIFY when she joined the Peers in the summer of 2006 as the Peer Education Program Intern. She was ecstatic to join the HIFY staff after graduating from Antioch College in the spring. Originally from Ohio, she is adjusting to the NorCal way of life. She wants to learn more about organizing and educating so that she can take some of the anti-oppression ideas back to Ohio and challenge the Midwestern status quo. Besides having the greatest job on earth, Tina works as a fat activist, loves to read, play with gender, and karaoke her little heart out.
Carnelius Quinn
Back in the Bay by popular demand! Carnelius is honored and excited to return to HIFY in this very new capacity, working with the awesome Peer Health Educators! Born and raised in San Francisco, Carnelius has been working with youth since he was a wee lad himself—finding unique ways to fuse the Arts with social education and responsibility. Educated at San Francisco State University, Carnelius holds degrees in both the Arts and the Social Sciences...a combination that's finally becoming more popular. From directing the Exaltation! Youth choir; through learning what Peer Education was all about through SF Peer Resources, Youth United Through Health Education, and the NAMES Project; to directing the amazing Santa Rosa educational troupe Teens Teaching Through Theatre (T4), Carnelius is a performance artist-turned-activist. He believes strongly in advancing the rights of all underserved and marginalized peoples - especially youth, and loves that HIFY is just the place to further that cause. He is as excited to learn from the amazing people around him at HIFY as he is to help guide the Peer Education Team to new heights! He doesn't have much of a life outside of work, but since he has so much fun at work - he's okay with that. When he IS off the clock, you can most likely find him catching a play, writing his own, dancing, hiking, eating, or soaking up the sun in random spots around the Bay. He has been known to sing, and can tear it up at Karaoke...but that's always on a case-by-case basis.
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