Meet Playworks Northern California
Founded in 1996, Playworks expanded to Northern California in 2012. Playworks Northern California serves low-income schools across the San Francisco Bay Area through our year-round, on-site support services. We’re also reaching thousands more students across Northern California through professional development workshops for schools and youth organizations.
Meet Our People
June 3, 2019
Ben Neveras ›
Ben has worked in youth development and nonprofit leadership for over ten years. An alum of San Jose Unified Schools, Ben returned to the district in 2010 as a Playworks AmeriCorps member at Lowell Elementary. After two years serving the…
April 13, 2021
José Ruiz II ›
José joins Playworks with an extensive background in youth development and empowerment. While at San José State, he helped start a student organization that aims to mentor elementary school youth and motivate them to seek and value higher education. As a Youth Development…
July 7, 2021
Roderick Burnley ›
Roderick Burnley joined Playworks in 2015. As senior operations manager for Playworks California, he manages the administrative and capacity building functions and develops collaborative partnerships with educational institutions, not-for-profit organizations and private businesses to scale Playworks’ social impact. Roderick has…