Veronica Hunnicutt, Ed.D.
Dean, City College of San Francisco - Southeast Campus
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt is an educator and community leader who, throughout her 35-year career, has sought to expand educational and job-training opportunities for residents of Bayview Hunters Point. She has worked for City College of San Francisco since 1972 and currently serves as dean of its Southeast Campus.
In a crime-ridden neighborhood where motivation is low, Dr. Hunnicutt has expanded the school's curriculum and instituted innovative new programs to help students succeed. Among these, she launched the Partnership to Achieve Academic Success, a mentor program that helps students achieve academic goals.
Dr. Hunnicutt also serves on the board for Communities in School, an after school program at Martin Luther King middle school that has exposed hundreds children to academic enrichment activities that support their high school graduation. More recently, she has become involved with the Hekima Project, an intervention program to redirect youth from the penal system to college.
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