Meet the Team
Sandy Valenciano (she/her)
Project Director
Sandy is AYAS Director, a community organizer, and decarceration strategist. For over 15 years, Sandy has led organized grassroots efforts to build community defense models to end criminalization, incarceration, and deportation across the state of California.
Sandy@allyoutharesacred.org
Bria Woodland (she/her)
Program Coordinator
Bria is a Young Black Soulaan Womxn from Oakland California. Ms.Bria is an artist, social justice activist, community organizer and leader.
“Her black womxn is versatile, Her blackness is not a monolith”
Connected to the sublime and divine feminine energy always repping her roots. Art is her tool to express & uplift her radical dreams & actions. Committed to being a lifelong learner, authentic in her expression. From writing poems to hosting workshops and programs, Ms.Bria is a leading light.
Bria@allyoutharesacred.org
Cecilia McLellan (she/they)
Program Coordinator
Ceci is an East Bay Xicana through and through, an abolitionist, womxnist, and poet by title. She dreams of liberation, burned empires, and the land free. Her work centers system-impacted youth, Womxn, and stories of color, always in the name of her communidad.
Cecilia@allyoutharesacred.org
Jessica Jimenez (she/her)
Lead Narrative Organizer
Mexican born, East Salinas raised. Coming out of a small town in central Cali, I was system and trauma impacted from a young age. I have been organizing since 2017 and have participated in many projects. I am a mother now and continue to fight for youth and community justice. I want others to know that my status did not stop me nor does it define me. I am where I belong and will continue to lead. I am sacred.
Jessica@allyoutharesacred.org