Be The Change Consulting Staff

Sangita Kumar
Principal & Founder

Sangita Kumar is a results-based organizational development consultant and facilitator dedicated to the empowerment of individuals and our communities. Sangita’s experience over the past 15 years ranges from coaching, professional development, strategic planning, program design, and curriculum development. Sangita holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Development, is a Certified Life Coach, and completed a two-year certification in Somatics and Trauma.

Some of the things I’d like to work on include:

  • Assess My Program Design
  • Develop Behavior Management Systems
  • Learn about Restorative Justice
  • Learn Academic Games
  • Build Social Emotional Skills
  • Align My Program to Youth Development Theory
  • Become a Better Supervisor
  • Promote Organizational Equity
  • Learn about Trauma and Practice De-escalation Skills
  • Cultivate a Social Justice Analysis in my Staff
  • Build a Strong Team of Staff
  • Learn Facilitation Skills
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Tanya Mayo
Owner / Operations

As the former Director of Capacity Building at San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth and their Families, Tanya draws from her vast experience in training, non-profit systems, and youth development to develop capacity-building pathways for the non-profit sector. She has a rich background in multicultural education and art with over ten years of teaching experience, deep-rooted work with diverse populations, and knowledge in organizational capacity-building including strategic planning, program development, staff development, board retention and fundraising. Tanya is also a certified Life Coach.

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Fong Marcolongo
Special Initiatives / Trainer / Coach

In the past six years Fong has served as a program leader, site coordinator, program manager, team trainer and curriculum writer.  She majored in Global Affairs at USF, and comes to us with year of experience in the field, most recently as a Program Manager at Community Youth Center of SF.  As a coach, Fong’s expertise resides in program design, staff development, youth development, and cultivating strategic partnerships to strengthen afterschool programs.  Fong has a contagious passion for her work, and supports coaching clients to design thoughtful afterschool programs. Fong loves learning new languages, and is conversational in, Vietnamese, and Italian.  She also has an insatiable appetite for books, and is currently working on a children's book inspired by the everyday adventures of her toddler. 

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Carmen Navarro-Perez
Program Coordinator

Carmen Navarro-Perez is a Program Coordinator who supports in the coordination of Be The Change Consulting’s events to ensure all interactions are meaningful, transformative, and safe. Before working with Be The Change, Carmen worked 10 years as a childcare provider, academic tutor, academic mentor, and site coordinator. As an educator, Carmen’s practice has developed to be informed by best practices around equity, social justice, sustainability, and authentic interaction. Carmen enjoys writing, eating pickles, and spending too much time with her niece and nephew. She looks forward to meeting you and supporting your needs for your next Be The Change Consulting event.

Aminta Steinbach
Trainer / Coach

In her 20 years working with young people, Aminta has been a Program Coordinator, Youth Leadership Instructor and Program Director. Aminta majored in Community Studies, has studied Recreational Program Design and is a Certified Self Defense Instructor. Her areas of expertise as a capacity builder include Cultural Competency, Health and Safety Awareness and Community Building. Aminta is an enthusiastic cheerleader for her coaching clients, listens attentively, pays attention to details and acts as a compassionate guide through even the most difficult transitions. Aminta has a black belt in Kung Fu, and when not working you can usually find her kicking and punching her way to a more peaceful world.

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Be The Change Consulting Associates

Franklin Hysten
Trainer / Coach

Franklin Hysten is committed to creating transformative experiences that strengthen youth and their communities. Drawing on 18 years of experience developing leaders in youth development, philanthropy and government -based organizations, he supports Be the Change Consulting’s organizational consulting portfolio, which includes program design, logic modeling, and strategic planning for organizations state-wide. He also manages the youth development portfolio for high-school aged-youth, with a focus on restorative practices. His strong background in youth development has afforded him the opportunity to train and coach emerging non-profit professionals and share best practices with staff, managers and funders. 

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Jenjii Hysten
Trainer / Coach

Jenjii is an advocate, teacher, student, facilitator and a voice for the voiceless. In her 15+ years Jenjii has served as a Program Director, Executive Director, Dean of Students, Curriculum Designer. Jenjii holds a BA in Interdisciplinary-Studies-Urban Economic Development (UCB), is an Ordained Reverend, holds a Compass point ED certificate and is currently perusing Certified Life Coach certificate. As a coach Jenjii can quickly assess complex organizational issues and develop creative solutions to problems. She utilizes the power of metaphors and storytelling to connect program challenges to theoretical frameworks. Jenjii is a great cook and enjoys biking, reading and exploring new places with her husband and two sons.

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Sue Kuyper
Trainer / Coach

Sue comes from a social-context based, trauma-informed and restorative justice-oriented approach to capacity building. As a social worker, clinical therapist, case manager, community organizer and trainer she has worked with youth and families in afterschool and alternative educational setting advocating for the needs of special education student and multi lingual communities. Sue holds a Bachelors in Psychology, Master’s in Social Work is a trained Somatic Coach and will soon hold an LCSW. As a coach Sue’s expertise lies in Trauma, Vicarious Trauma, Program design for ESL integration, Restorative Justice, Behavior Management, Program Coordination and Curriculum. Cross-identity collaboration and trust-building. Sue loves working out, and dancing in the kitchen with her two children.

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Oscar Wolters-Duran
Trainer / Coach

Oscar's vision as a capacity builder is to listen, understand and help build amazing youth-centered afterschool programs. Over the past 20 years Oscar has been an executive director, curriculum designer, coach and trainer. Oscar holds a BA in History from UC Berkeley. As a coach Oscar’s areas of expertise include project-based learning, disguised learning, literacy, management and supervision, classroom management, and stress reduction. Oscar draws on his experiences as a bi-racial immigrant from Mexico and English language learner to champion social justice values and equitable program design. Oscar has been training in Capoeira for ten years, and wrote a children’s book called Marina’s Capoeira Countdown.

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