BACR & District Staff

TERRY MITCHELL, WELLNESS CENTER DIRECTOR

LAUREN LIU, THERAPIST

MALAIKA GRAY, ADMIN COORDINATOR

ELIZABETH HELLER, CRISIS THERAPIST

KENNETH MOORE, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DIRECTOR

Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) Staff, WCCUSD Staff (Mr. Moore)

Bio:

Terry Mitchell has been the Wellness Center Director since 2015. I have worked in public health for over 30 years, with Bay Area Research and Addiction, Westside Community Mental Health, Bayview Health Services, YMCA and now BACR. As the Director, my goal is to create a warm and welcoming environment for students, parents and service providers. The Wellness Center partners with RHS to create services that uplift the whole student and empower them to realize their full potential. We strive to provide quality care to all who enter our facility with great expectations for our students future.

Bio:

Kenny Moore has been the Community School Director at RHS since 2023. Kenny comes to this work with 15 years of experience in youth development, most recently working with RHS as Restorative Justice Coordinator and Coach since 2017. He has a passion for youth and community empowerment and is committed to building systems that support a healthy learning environment for the youth to thrive in, and reach the best version of themselves.

Bio:

Malaika Gray is the Admin Coordinator at the Wellness Center, and she's been at Richmond High since 2013. She loves working with young people and making sure they have services they need, and creating an organized and healing space. Born and raised in Oregon, she has lived in Cali for over 20 years. While she's not at work, she loves hiking, being with her niblings, and being involved in movements that help shift systems toward more care and love.

Bio:

Lauren Liu, LCSW (she/her) has been a therapist at RHS since 2017. She loves being able to support young people in speaking their truth, realizing they are enough, loving themselves, accessing more freedom and joy, connecting to their power, and becoming agents of change in their communities. She is the daughter of immigrants from Guangzhou and Hong Kong, born and raised in the Bay Area. She received her B.A. in Ethnic Studies & Asian American Studies, and her MSW from UC Berkeley.

Bio:

Elizabeth Heller has been a therapist at RHS since 2017. She works as a Crisis Therapist, providing Expressive Arts therapy sessions, both in Spanish and English. She graduated in 2018 with her Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, specializing in Expressive Arts Therapy. She strives to create a warm atmosphere for young people.