Selinda Medrano

Peer Leader, June Jordan School for Equity

"Selinda is a strong willed and positive leader at her school, June Jordan School for Equity. Now in the eleventh grade, Selinda leads her peers to focus on self-love for teens, and equity for all in the city. She is one of the first ever Youth Organizer-Mentors for Peer Resources' Youth Council, taking on leadership for the entire organization and ensuring Peers stays focused on young people, their voice, and their leadership right now. Selinda plans to be an educator, working with the students of the future."

Selinda Medrano is a high school Peer Leader at June Jordan School for Equity. She has served as part of the Young People's Project--peers teaching peers in algebra, a critical gatekeeper to academic success--and is currently a leader in Peer Resources' Youth Council, a city-wide leadership group representing the broad range of Peer Resources sites.

"I am a first generation Latina born and raised in San Francisco. I attend June Jordan School for Equity and I am in my Junior year. Something extremely important to me is being a First Generation U.S. Citizen. Both my parents migrated at young ages from El Salvador, and I was raised and still live in this small community called ‘Excelsior’. My personal interests are Social Justice, Teaching, Medicine, and helping others. I fell in love with helping others in any way possible because I think that that’s the only way to make a difference. I truly believe that Peer Resources has changed and helped me to become who I am today. I’ve been a part of Peer Resources for 4 years now I had no idea about the organization until my older sister Luz introduced me to it and told me that I would gain a lot from being a part of the class. I never knew that they would open my eyes to the biggest things I wouldn‘t have ever known. I feel like Peer Resources has helped me become who I am today and I never thought that the organization would take me so far in the academic life. I have worked on projects dealing with deep issues that have affected my community and school such as Self-Love, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress. I want to make a difference for others, an actual change that will make a deep impact for so many others and to know that all my struggles would be worth it because I know that I made someone else’s life easier. I know that I am just a young teenager but I know that with my voice and knowledge right now I’m setting a pathway to a change."

Selinda Medrano