Alumni Stories

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The 2025 cohort of Coro’s Youth Fellows Program.

Finding her voice: Journey’s path from Coro youth fellow to USC

Callie Spaide

For this alumni Q&A, we’re catching up with Journey — Youth Fellows Program alum, Campbell Hall senior, and lifelong Angeleno — one year after she completed Coro California’s six-week Youth Fellows Program in July 2025. During her two-week internship placement, Journey worked with Hollywood 4wrd, a coalition dedicated to addressing homelessness in Hollywood through advocacy, […]

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Warren Northern at the 2024 National Philanthropy Day Awards, hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Greater Los Angeles Chapter, where Universal Community Health Center was recognized as Outstanding Nonprofit Leader.

From the waiting room to the boardroom: a Lead LA alum’s story

Gohar Chichian

Warren has spent his career sitting at the intersection of health care and advocacy, but it took nine months in Coro California’s Lead LA Fellowship program to help see that connection itself is a leadership skill. As Senior Manager of Development and Government Relations at Universal Community Health Center (UCHC), Warren raises funds and builds […]

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Sorelle Cohen, Women in Leadership alumna, recognized for her work in Beverly Hills Magazine’s 40/40 inaugural class.

Championing menstrual equity: Women in Leadership alumna Q&A

Gohar Chichian

For this alumni spotlight, we sat down with Sorelle Cohen, Senior Director of Development, Marketing, and Communications at The Pad Project, and graduate of Coro’s Women in Leadership program. We talked about the lessons that have stayed with her long after the program ended, how it reshaped the way she leads and solves problems, and […]

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