Workforce Highlights
A series of trainings, workshops, and activities will build their success.
- Culinary Training
- Communication Workshops
- Time Management
- Public Speaking and Team Building Challenges
- Career Exploration
- Professionalism
- Certifications in American Safety & Health Institute's (ASHI) courses*
*ASHI courses include: CPR Pro for the Professional Rescuer, Basic First Aid, and Emergency Oxygen Administration. Participants can work.
Prime and Prepped
A culinary workforce program intended to build access, training, and on the job experience for our students. And Counselor in Training.
Counselor in Training (CIT)
This program builds responsible leaders by learning leadership theory, conquering team building challenges, and earning health certifications that also count towards community service hours.
Aquatic Pathways
The Aquatics Workforce Development Pathway program is an internship that provides leadership opportunities for teens and young adults in our community to help them gain experience, build relationships with peers, and support the community-based work the YMCA of SF provides, through job placements.
Denise Hung
Camp and Teens Director
About Denise
Growing up at the Chinatown Y, youth and teen work is Denise's passion. Youth have the potential to change the world and she is proud to help programs that foster ability.
Kory Eastland
Program Leader
Noelle Yang
Site Coordinator
Allan Chau
At the Y, we invest in helping everyone reach their fullest potential!
We offer workforce training in the form of skill-building, job readiness- training, certifications, paid internships and job placements,