Our Team
MISSSEY is Black femme and survivor led.
Our lived experience gives us the perspective and presence to achieve healing and freedom for ourselves while making the world safer for Black girls and nonbinary youth of color. We know what the young people we serve are going through because many of us have gone through it too. This work is personal for us and we are passionate and focused on healing ourselves and each other. We are devoted guides, always there to listen, comfort and lift up the young people we serve, and capable partners to the ecosystem of organizations and professionals we work with. Our dedication to ending sexual exploitation and the systemic conditions that uphold it – racism, sexism and capitalism – fuels our tireless commitment to serve and center young people.
Our Team
MISSSEY is Black femme and survivor led.
Our lived experience gives us the perspective and presence to achieve healing and freedom for ourselves while making the world safer for Black girls and nonbinary youth of color. We know what the young people we serve are going through because many of us have gone through it too. This work is personal for us and we are passionate and focused on healing ourselves and each other. We are devoted guides, always there to listen, comfort and lift up the young people we serve, and capable partners to the ecosystem of organizations and professionals we work with. Our dedication to ending sexual exploitation and the systemic conditions that uphold it – racism, sexism and capitalism – fuels our tireless commitment to serve and center young people.
Senior Leadership
Carole Belisario
Director of Administration and Finance
Carole comes to MISSSEY with more than 20 years of cause-driven leadership in non-profit and development-partner organizations. From the YMCA of San Francisco, to the United Nations, and the Philippine Country Office she brings a deep well of knowledge to support MISSSEY's mission.
Admin Team
Renée Smith
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Renée comes to MISSSEY with more than a decade of experience in operations and communications. Today she works to advocate for the youth we serve, raise the consciousness of our community through communications and support fund development to allow the team to continue their work.
Training Institute
Integrated Services
Nilda Aldredge
Integrated Services Team Lead
Nilda comes to MISSSEY with an undeniable passion for helping youth face and overcome trauma and adversity. Becoming a member of the MISSSEY Team is a dream come true for Nilda who now works as a case manager and will work tirelessly to Motivate, Inspire, Support & Serve Sexually Exploited Youth in her community.
Phebe Williams
Integrative Services Team Lead
Phebe has over 10 years experience working with women and youth in the community as well as a background in supporting people with mental health challenges. She works as a case manager at MISSSEY living out her passion for supporting people and being of service to the community.
Kanetha James
Transformation Coach
HBCU graduate Kanetha comes to MISSSEY with years of social service experience working with a wide range of systems-involved youth, including with CSE survivors. She is passionate about supporting the next generation so that 'nothing dims the light that shines within' them.
Vesta Bell
Transformation Coach
Vesta comes to MISSSEY with 5 years of experience working in social services specializing in youth, homelessness and addiction services. She is passionate about making a difference with young women of color and helping them find their voice through their trauma while navigating life after MISSSEY.
Alexis Waugh
Transformation Coach
Alexis brings her lived experience and over a decade of collaborative work with survivors of sexual exploitation and foster youth to her work as a Transformation Coach at MISSSEY. Her experience ranges from creating group homes and drop-in centers, to case management, and training.
Regina Williams
Housing Coordinator
Regina has served vulnerable youth for over a decade, is a devoted resource parent, and has spent years supporting those who are unhoused and experiencing mental illness. She brings this and her domestic violence advocacy, housing, and case management skills to MISSSEY as our Housing Coordinator.
Engagement Services
Renée Smith
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Renée comes to MISSSEY with more than a decade of experience in operations and communications. Today she works to advocate for the youth we serve, raise the consciousness of our community through communications and support fund development to allow the team to continue their work.
Myeasa Allen
Integrated Services Manager
Myeasa came to MISSSEY as a TAY Case Manager with many years of experience and knowledge working with youth and young adults ranging from all walks of life with the expectation that they will become thriving adults. Today she serves as the Integrated Services Team Lead with the desire of becoming a change maker and thought partner for the young people she serves regardless of crisis and life achievements.
Deborah Schooley
Housing Coordinator
Deborah has a strong passion for social justice and community outreach. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she serves as a case manager at MISSSEY. Deborah brings her focus on historical disparities experienced by people of color and its effects on dual-diagnosis to her work.
Kenya Davis
Case Manager
Kenya comes to MISSSEY with a positive mindset and a passion for teaching young girls and women to use their voices no matter who is in the room. She works with MISSSEY as a case manager and is excited to grow with MISSSEY and work collaboratively with her clients to achieve their goals.
Nilda Aldredge
Integrated Services Team Lead
Nilda comes to MISSSEY with an undeniable passion for helping youth face and overcome trauma and adversity. Becoming a member of the MISSSEY Team is a dream come true for Nilda who now works as a case manager and will work tirelessly to Motivate, Inspire, Support & Serve Sexually Exploited Youth in her community.
Phebe Williams
Integrative Services Team Lead
Phebe has over 10 years experience working with women and youth in the community as well as a background in supporting people with mental health challenges. She works as a case manager at MISSSEY living out her passion for supporting people and being of service to the community.
Alisha Murdock
Leadership and Advocacy Coordinator
Alisha Murdock comes to MISSSEY with a personal and professional connection to direct youth service and youth engagement work. After nearly a decade of experience working with youth who have been impacted by the criminal justice system she is now serving as the Leadership and advocacy Coordinator passionately making sure that young people’s voices are heard.
Cameron Hayes
Engagement Services Manager
Cameron comes to MISSSEY with a history of helping people navigate through difficult situations; at church, in schools and in the workplace. Serving as the Engagement Services manager, Cameron hopes to help individuals discover the power that lies within themselves and figuring out how to use that power to reach their goals.
Frederica Webster
Youth Engagement Specialist
Frederica comes to MISSSEY with a background in Human Resources, and many years of volunteering and working for the Boys and Girls Club. Today she serves as a Youth Engagement Specialist advocating for and helping young people to be the best they can be in this world.
La Toya Gix
STaR Center Coordinator
La Toya Gix has worked as an advocate for those who have experienced harm in impoverished communities and has worked with government agencies and nonprofit organizations to do so. Today she is instrumental in helping youth who need support with basic needs, individual and collective healing, systems navigation, skill-building, career exploration, and school enrollment; or who simply need a place where they can be themselves.
Nilda Aldredge
Case Manager
Nilda comes to MISSSEY with an undeniable passion for helping youth face and overcome trauma and adversity. Becoming a member of the MISSSEY Team is a dream come true for Nilda who now works as a case manager and will work tirelessly to Motivate, Inspire, Support & Serve Sexually Exploited Youth in her community.
Phebe Williams
Case Manager
Phebe has over 10 years experience working with women and youth in the community as well as a background in supporting people with mental health challenges. She works as a case manager at MISSSEY living out her passion for supporting people and being of service to the community.
Frederica Webster
Youth Engagement Specialist
Frederica comes to MISSSEY with a background in Human Resources, and many years of volunteering and working for the Boys and Girls Club. Today she serves as a Youth Engagement Specialist advocating for and helping young people to be the best they can be in this world.