At the end of this year, we are saying goodbye to our incredible Executive Director, Reed Davaz McGowan. Reed joined YAX in 2013 (when we were still called Out of Site) and her vision and creative energy have guided YAX to grow and thrive through doubling our budget and the number of youth we serve each year, and now moving into our new locations. We will miss her dearly and are looking forward to her upcoming adventures in Oregon.

We are so excited to announce that Raffaella Falchi Macias will be our Executive Director starting in January 2020. Raffaella is our Deputy Director and has worked at YAX for 13 years, and her artistic and programmatic visioning has shaped our organization into what it is today. YAX friends and family have gotten to know Raffaella over many years. From spearheading our design/build initiatives as our architecture faculty artist to teaching dance and bringing Carnaval to our students - and our students to Carnaval - Raffaella has been an artistic and programmatic visionary. She transitioned into program leadership as our Director of Programs and held that role for nearly a decade before becoming the Deputy Director earlier this year. Read more.