Dr. Dalenna Ruelas Hughes (PsyD) is both a clinical psychologist and passionate servant leader that prioritizes creating a more just and caring world for all. Her professional career has been focused on achieving racial and economic equity for all – from providing, building, and enhancing programs that aim at eliminating poverty in executive leadership roles to building collaboration and engaging county, city, and community nonprofit networks for success. Before joining Sacred Heart Community Services, Dalenna served as the Director of Early Learning Initiatives for FIRST 5 Santa Clara County and Clinical Psychologist with the Center for Children and Youth at Jewish Families and Children Services. She has many years of experience of nonprofit work through her time at the Institute for Human and Social Development (Head Start/Early Head Start of San Mateo County) where she developed her skills in organizational effectiveness, strengthening, resiliency, and governance. These skills served her well as she co-led Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Universal Access Pilot initiative. This 3-year initiative utilized a cross-system partnership approach committed to providing a collaborative, culturally responsive, person-centered approach to navigating families and children to services across systems in order to meet their essential needs. Dalenna is a graduate of Holy Names University, California Institute for Integral Studies, and the UCLA Anderson/ Johnson and Johnson Head Start Management Fellow, Dalenna lives in Santa Clara County with her two outstanding daughters.