Meet the City Year San Antonio staff

He has been working professionally in nonprofit development for four years, but has volunteered as a fundraiser and nonprofit advocate since he was a teenager. He was a local volunteer Board leader with Muscular Dystrophy, Junior Achievement, The North SA Chamber of Commerce, Toastmasters, and more. He served as Chair with the local JCC, Haven’s Angels, The S.A. School/Business Promise, and several homeowners associations. He currently serves on the boards of the JCC and Temple Beth El. After brokering real estate for 35 years, Jim worked as a professional nonprofit fundraiser with Lifetime Recovery, Restore Education, and the North East Educational Foundation. He is an avid reader, cyclist, cook, and game enthusiast. His greatest joy is spending time with his two twin grandchildren surrounded by four generations of family, good food, and love. Jim is so excited and humbled to be part of the City Year team in support of educational advancement, equity, and community service in San Antonio.

Prior to returning to City Year, Dana spent five years working as a park ranger with the National Park Service to bring outdoor and environmental education into city schools. Outside of work you can find Dana biking San Antonio's Greenway trails, ice/roller skating, or playing with her dog Ranger.

Angela believes that education is the key to equity, and both unlocks a person's potential and opens the door to any dream they choose. In her career, she has served in several roles including a credit recovery facilitator, high school English teacher, and instructional coach. During her time as a teacher at Lanier High School, she had the privilege of working with members of City Year and was deeply inspired by their mission and goals. To come full circle and be able to contribute to this organization is truly a dream come true for her. Her goal in any position is to develop meaningful connections and create an inclusive space where learners can thrive, and I look forward to accomplishing this at City Year. At home, she shares her life with a loving husband and 2 dogs and cat. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, being in nature, spending time with her nephews and nieces, and trying something new!

One in 2021 as a Second Year Corps Member and another year in 2022 as a Team Leader, making this her fourth year with the organization. She has championed the strengths and potential of young people while advocating for their right to a fair educational environment. She is a San Antonio, Texas native with a Mexican Heritage background who emphasizes the importance of pouring back into her community and supplying tools for young people to freely pursue their definition of success. Danielle curated the core of her career to be on others and their journey to their next. She has worked alongside three Non-profits, Integrity, Girls Inc., and City Year and volunteered with many others within the San Antonio community. Integrity provided her the opportunity to aid physically disabled women by connecting them to resources that help with cultivating a fulfilling and community-integrated life. As a Program Facilitator with Girls Inc., she mentored young girls from ages six to fifteen on the importance of being Strong, Smart, and Bold as well as ensuring the logistical needs of the program were met. She has a passion for youth development and building community with her students, she believes in social-emotional learning, restorative justice and advocacy. She is ecstatic to have found a more permeant home with City Year San Antonio as we set out to strive for equitable education for the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD).

Jasmine Glasper stepped into the role of Managing Director of Impact at the start of 2023 after nearly two years of serving as Senior Impact Director for City Year San Antonio. She is originally from Gonzales, Louisiana, and graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Political Science and Accounting. Jasmine’s involvement with Alpha Phi Omega – a national community service fraternity – led her to join City Year as an AmeriCorps member after completing her studies. Over the last 10+ years, Jasmine has held several corps and staff positions within City Year at the Baton Rouge, Dallas, and Kansas City sites. Jasmine is highly regarded as an expert in the implementation of our Whole School Whole Child programming across the City Year network because of her depth of knowledge relating to our service delivery and her proven track record of deepening impact throughout her career at City Year. She is passionate about people, data, and educational equity. Outside of service, Jasmine enjoys reading and group exercise classes!

Dr. Jefferson understands the challenges associated with achieving long-term, sustainable results while building an environment in which employees can thrive. She has walked the path from employee to leader to executive and has successfully led small, large, and global teams. The common thread in her career has been her love of people. She believes that when people are respected, trusted, responsible, and connected, the organization will achieve great outcomes. Dr. Jefferson brings a wealth of experience to the role, having previously served as the Interim Academic Dean at Palo Alto College. Her leadership of the college’s Career and Technical Education department and Office of Student Success provides an exceptional perspective into equitable educational opportunities in our community. She has earned a Bachelor of Arts in English – Professional Communication from Marygrove College, an MBA in Management and Strategy from Western Governors University, and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in HR Management from Walden University. When she is not working, you will find her reading, volunteering, or cooking.

Michael is a Texas native who grew up in West Texas and moved to San Antonio in 2006, where he was married, and his three kids were born. In 2017, Michael and his family moved to Eugene, Oregon, to serve as lead pastor of Eugene Church of God. For four years, along with serving the church, he served multiple local nonprofits and schools and as a board member of Love For Lane County. They moved back home to San Antonio in June of 2021. Michael is an award-winning graphic designer who has worked in marketing and branding for over 12 years. He has done work for locally and nationally known corporations, restaurants, colleges, universities, agencies, and nonprofits and has successfully taken national brands to market. Michael has a BA in Journalism and Mass Comm from Texas State University and a BA in Christian Leadership and Pastoral Ministry from Artios Christian College. A passion for serving people and his community has led Michael on a unique path that has equipped him to help others find their own stories. Along with being a husband and father, Michael is the lead pastor of New Hope United Church in San Antonio. He also enjoys cooking, coffee, and is a die-hard fan of the Boston Red Sox and the San Antonio Spurs.

It was this global perspective that allowed Tony to collaborate with his Impact Managers (IMs), to craft tailored and responsive CY service models for the needs of each of his partnerships. In crafting responsive services, Tony and his IMs were able to be responsive to each community’s needs—crafting and promoting equitable pivots to ensure excellent service. Prior to joining City Year San Antonio as an Impact Director, Tony served as a proud Assistant Principal of Instruction (API), in San Antonio. As an API, Tony ensured that the school’s instructional model was executed toward results. He managed this by cultivating a strong culture of empathy, high-expectations and data-driven practices. These strategies were rooted in Tony’s previous experience as a 5th-grade bilingual teacher with San Antonio Independent School District. Tony served as a proud bilingual teacher for 6 years—expanding beyond his two-year commitment as a Teach For America ACM. As a teacher, Tony leveraged his personal experience with bilingual education to craft a responsive and all-inclusive program aimed at improving his student’s holistic educational access and experience. In order to accomplish this, he partnered with Teach For America and Region XX Education Service Center to craft and launch an Academic Parent-Teacher Team (APTT). Through the APTT, he leveraged academic resources to craft targeted and responsive academic and language-acquiring interventions. He held one-on-one parent meetings and whole group sessions where he discussed individualized data and modeled appropriate strategies to his student’s parents. In crafting this system, Tony empowered his student’s parents to be confident and involved in their children’s academic instruction; cultivating a culture that valued education. Tony believes that change is possible when those involved can center around the common good: crafting equitable systems that result in sustainable change.

Camryn is passionate about the power of community and carries this passion with her wherever she goes by cultivating authentic relationships. Prior to joining City Year, Camryn completed a fellowship through the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As an educator, Camryn prioritized genuine connections and social-emotional growth with students to ensure that students were able to bring their whole selves into the classroom. Additionally, Camryn served as the director of a youth-serving summer program for three summers during her undergraduate experience at Harvard University. This position shaped her understanding of and passion for youth empowerment as it relates to non-profit management.