Jacquita Smith

Greater Chicago Area United States

Nonprofit Director specializing in: Educational Programs | Youth Mentoring | College Access | Outreach & Marketing

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him, his own." (Benjamin Disraeli) As a nonprofit director, I share my riches by designing and managing programs that help underserved youth discover their own hidden riches (i.e. talents & skills). Using an asset-based community development approach, I search for treasure in communities that society has deemed as unsalvageable and then collaborate with schools, community members, and other stakeholders to bring any buried skills, financial resources, or other assets to the surface. I also offer skills in marketing communications, proposal writing. and grantwriting. I provide content, editing, a...