Now a ‘R.O.C.K.’ for students, SF nonprofit staffer goes ‘full circle’

By Allyson Aleksey, SF Examiner – November 27, 2024

It has been years since Tristan Warmsley was a student in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley, but she says the challenges her current counterparts face are similar.

Warmsley said there have “always been community struggles, like food insecurity, housing insecurity, and gun violence” in the southeastern neighborhood.

“When I was younger, gun violence was very prevalent, and so I just had to learn early on to be hyper aware of my surroundings,” she said. “I still hear about these things [from students], and it’s hard, and it can be heavy sometimes.”

Now, Warmsley is “coming full circle” while helping students through those…Read the full article on SF Examiner