Hope Steinman-Iacullo
Program Assistant, ext. 17
Hope graduated from Wesleyan University in 2009 with a major in African American Studies and a concentration in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Prior to Leeway, she worked as a group home worker in a group home for queer youth in Philadelphia. In the past, she has also had the opportunity to be a part of FIERCE’s Education for Liberation Project aimed at organizing queer youth of color in New York City. She also interned with the New York Foundation, where she organized youth training sessions for youth interns, and at the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project. She served as a board member of COLAGE, a national nonprofit agency for youth with LGBTQ parents, and acted as a facilitator for the agency’s annual Family Week from 2004-2008. While attending Wesleyan, Hope lived at Women of Color House, a program house aimed at bringing together the women of color community at Wesleyan and was a part of Spectrum, a queer student of color organization.
Photo credit: Lovella Calica
