Transitional Living Program
Julie McFarland, Program Manager
New Ground Bothell
Kendra Junius-Roberts, Program Coordinator
Kendra has been an employee of Friends of Youth for five years. She
has a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Kendra works with residents of New Ground Bothell and Sand Point young parenting programs
helping them succeed as mothers and young adults.
Celeste White, Case Manager
Celeste has been with Friends of Youth for over seven years. Prior to her current position as Case Manager, Celeste worked as the Resident Manager of the New Ground Bothell program.
Katie Drexel, Case Manager and Intake Coordinator
Katie joined Friends of Youth nearly one year ago as a part time Case Manager at New Ground Bothell and part time Centralized Intake Coordinator for all New Ground programs. Katie received a BSW from Creighton University in Nebraska.
Chanda Allen, Resident Manager
Chanda has been with Friends of Youth since April 2007. Prior to accepting her current position of Resident Manager, Chanda worked as Weekend Relief at New Ground Sand Point. Chanda has a nine year history working at Lakeside Milam Recovery Centers where she is currently a Chemical Dependency Case Manager at the adolescent inpatient center. Chanda is a Registered Counselor of the State of Washington. Chanda attended York College and is now pursuing Certification in Chemical Dependency at Bellevue Community College.
Lexie Fleming, Case Manager
Talia Swissa, Resident Manager
Talia
serves as Resident Manager at New Ground Sand Point. She earned a BSW from
the University
of Washington. Talia's plans include returning to school to get her Masters in Social Work.
Justin White, Program Coordinator and Case Manager
Justin began working with Friends of Youth in 1998 as an Outreach Worker. He is now the Coordinator for New Ground Kirkland and New Ground Everett.
Caitlin Weaver, Case Manager
Jay Moore, Resident Manager
Jay has worked with Friends of Youth for over five years as a Resident Manager of the New Ground Everett Program. He has a strong background in the social services, having worked with severely disabled adults in a residential setting in Seattle.
Justin White, Program Coordinator and Case Manager
Justin began working with Friends of Youth in 1998 as an Outreach Worker. He is now the Coordinator for New Ground Kirkland and New Ground Everett.
Case Manager
Tony Jorgenson, Resident Manager
Jennifer Lucas, Program Coordinator
Luke Quinn, Case Manager
Luke joined Friends of Youth in the summer of 2008, when he first moved to Seattle. Originally from the East Coast, Luke earned his Masters of Social Work at the University of Vermont.
Antonia Koenig, Case Manager
Antonia joined Friends of Youth three years ago. She earned a BA in Psychology and Political Science, and a Masters in Social Work.