Susie Rivera

Consultant and Coach

Susie has served as the VP of Youth Voice Initiatives and Executive Director of Santa Clara County for Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) for 21 years. Upon her transition from FLY at the end of 2022 she launched a consulting and coaching practice grounded in transformative and holistic healing centered practices supporting non profit leaders, community based organizations, system stakeholders, and youth and young adults who have been impacted by the system. Her ultimate passion is centering voices of youth and young adults who have been impacted by systems and creating bodies of advocacy that authentically lift up those voices for impactful system changes. Additionally, Susie is a Lecturer at San Jose State University in the College of Health and Human Sciences/College of Social Sciences, teaching in the departments of Justice Studies and Public Health.