FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Robin Wilson is a founding Board Member and Executive Director of West County READS. Her employment at the University of California, Berkeley included work at The Bancroft Library, the Graduate School of Education, MESA, and the Lawrence Hall of Science. She also worked as a Library Media Specialist serving as elementary librarian at five schools in five days at the West Contra Costa Unified School District. In 2011, Supervisor John Gioia named her El Sobrante’s Woman of the Year as an advocate for children’s literacy. She became Executive Director in 2014, and supervises all programs and events.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIRECTOR

Tana Monteiro has lived in San Pablo and Richmond for twenty-five years. She is currently the Community School Director at Helms Middle School. Previously, Tana served as the Family and Community Engagement Coordinator at Richmond College Prep Charter School for fourteen years and the Community Wellness Coordinator at YES Families for three years. Tana loves working with families and children and strives to make their voices heard as they work together to make a safer, healthier, happier community. She has served on numerous Richmond non-profit boards and advisory committees, including Healthy Richmond’s School and Neighborhoods Action Team. She received the Julie Wright Change Maker Award for her contributions to increasing access to books and literacy resources for West County children. She has four sons. Her three oldest sons are educators in West County Schools and the City of Richmond Parks and Recreation Department.

SFUSD HEAD OF STAFF

Marin Trujillo joined SFUSD as Head of Staff after 23 years of service at West Contra Costa Unified School District serving as a school site Healthy Start Coordinator, Family and Community Engagement Coordinator, Public Information Officer, and most recently, as Director of Student Recruitment & Retention. He brings a wealth of experience driving systems-level solutions and improvements in service of students and families.

Among his many accomplishments, Marin is most proud of spearheading the efforts that led to the publication of “Richmond Tales, Lost Secrets of the Iron Triangle”, to highlight the rich history of students and families through a collaborative effort. The book was later adapted into a play and was declared a historical landmark by the City of Richmond.

POET & NOVELIST

Poet and novelist, the author of a dozen books, including Richmond Tales, Lost Secrets of the Iron Triangle, which received an Historic Preservation award and a Human Rights award from the City of Richmond, and was selected for 2015 Read Across America by the California Teachers Association. Oakland Tales, Lost Secrets of The Town followed Richmond Tales. It won an award from the Oakland Heritage Alliance. Her most recent book is Dust, A Memoir.

DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

Kevin Hufferd retired as Director of Property Development at UC Berkeley in 2017. His career at Cal (and prior to that at the City of Santa Barbara), focused on using public private partnerships to develop complex building projects that meet public objectives. He earned a masters in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Hufferd co-founded West County Reads, an all-volunteer community organization devoted to family literacy in Richmond in 2001. He has served on a number of other local boards and commissions including the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce and the Richmond Economic Development Commission.

ESL LEAD TEACHER

An ESL lead teacher and instructor at West Contra Costa Adult Education. She is also the family literacy program coordinator, working in partnership with West County Reads to provide children’s books for adult ESL students, promoting and encouraging reading and read-aloud activities in the classroom and at home. Inocencia has a BA degree from UC Berkeley, an MPA from San Francisco State University, and a TESL Certificate from UC Berkeley Extension.