Staff & Collaborators
Daniela Di Piero
Movimiento’s Founder and Executive Director, Daniela has taught in public schools, women’s prisons, juvenile detention centers, charter schools, grassroots community organizations, and nonprofits. She holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Brown University, a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Meridian University, and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Her private therapy practice is Growing Home Counseling. Daniela is also a craftswoman and homesteader, working with clay, printmaking, and ancestral arts such as moccasin-making, felting, and beekeeping.
Rob Steffke
Rob is a Movi trip leader and Program Coordinator, as well as founder of Crows Calling, an initiative for teens and adults focusing on immersion experiences, rites of passage, and wilderness therapy. Rob co-founded San Luis Obispo Sober School, a high school for teens self-identified as struggling with drug/alcohol addiction. He holds a B.S. and Secondary Teaching Credential from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Meridian University. He is a speaker and consultant in the areas of adolescent addiction and youth mentoring and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Lyla June Johnston
Lyla has assisted Movimiento with its comprehensive program evaluation and continues to guide and inspire Movimiento programs. Lyla is an artist, researcher, Stanford graduate, musician, spoken word poet, and advocate for indigenous communities.
Movimiento Sponsored Projects & Partners
Prevention at the Intersections, founded and run by Dr. Crystallee Crain
Authentic Creations, created and run by Kuwa Jasiri
Movimiento Board of Directors
Daniel Zarazua
Former Vice Principal and teacher at our partner Unity High School in East Oakland, Daniel supports Movimiento through youth organizing, trip leadership, outreach, mentorship, and community connections.
Wai Mo
Wai is an engineer, artist, jeweler, and businesswoman who brings her planning acumen to Movimiento’s strategic planning and fundraising activities.
Sahar Muhsin
Sahar is an Equity Specialist, speaker, and consultant who works globally with organizations to address issues of racial, cultural, and socio-economic equity.
Hernaci’ona Henry
Hernaci’ona was a youth participant in Movimiento for eight years and later joined the board to gain experience in organizational leadership. With Movimiento’s help, she graduated from high school and Alameda College. Hernaci’ona traveled to El Salvador with Movimiento and supports the organization through active outreach and peer mentorship.
Funders
- Chinook Fund
- ISA Foundation
- Morgan Family Foundation
- Pettus Foundation
- Rose Foundation
- Rudolf Steiner Foundation
- San Francisco Foundation
- Stewardship Council
- Strong Foundation for Environmental Values
- Tides Foundation
- Youth Outside
The Pettus Foundation has funded Movimiento for almost ten years now because of Daniela’s visionary leadership, professional credibility, and personal integrity. She is an inspiring person to the youth who are attracted to Movi’s mission of expanding their horizons, service learning, and cross-cultural fellowship. I commend Daniela and Movi to donors who want to make a difference in the world, providing anything from small seed grants to support funding for this organization that will grow and blossom.
It was great knowing that my money had a catalytic effect. Together with Movimiento, the Foundation for Self Sufficiency and La Coordinadora we tasted the sweetness of transformation: from the tragedy of years of war, extreme poverty and displacement into healing and wisdom for El Salvadorians and Taoseños alike. The change in the young people who traveled from Taos was palpable. They worked hard under strenuous conditions and loved it. Upon their return, the youth described their service expedition to an auditorium full of people (a presentation only 1 or 2 of them could have done successfully before their trip). They spoke with a great sense of pride, a new-found awareness of the plight of others and a commitment of service that was contagious.