Our Team
Alongside our amazing volunteers, our staff moves mountains to make the impossible possible for our callers and community.
Meet the small (but mighty!) team behind NYAAF!
Victoria
Operations Coordinator (she/her)
“bloom beautifully / dangerously / loudly / bloom softly / however you need / just bloom”—Rupi Kaur
Favorite place in New York: Sybil’s Bakery
Ask Victoria about: Love Island, her kids (humans and dog), her ceramics class
Morgane
Intake Manager (she/her)
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” —Desmond Tutu
Favorite place in New York: DUMBO, Brooklyn (in the early 2000s)
Ask Morgane about: Slow-fashion designers, hidden swimming holes, the best saunas
Mingus
Intake Coordinator (she/her)
“It's not possible to constantly hold onto crisis. You have to have the love and you have to have the magic. That's also life." — Toni Morrison
Favorite place in New York: Evangola State Park
Ask Mingus about: The Real Housewives, horror novels and movies, The Sims
Kayla
Intern (she/her)
"Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another." —Toni Morrison
Favorite place in New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem
Ask Kayla about: Harry Potter
Karla
Director of Programs (she/her)
“Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it.” —Olive Kitteridge
Favorite place in New York: The Catskills
Ask Karla about: Positive reinforcement dog training, tennis
Julie
Director of Operations and Finance (she/her)
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." —Arundhati Roy
Favorite place in New York: Erie Basin Park
Ask Julie about: K-drama, K-beauty, K-food
Chelsea
Executive Director (she/her)
“then i awoke and dug / that if i dreamed natural dreams / of being a natural woman doing what a woman does / when she’s natural / i would have a revolution” — Nikki Giovanni
Favorite place in New York: Dyckman on a summer day
Ask Chelsea about: Black radicalism, her current nail design, the best sushi across the city
"I'm in awe of what NYAAF does, and as long as people keep funding us, we will keep providing this crucial, crucial work."
NYAAF Case Manager since 2024
