San Francisco's main LGBTQ youth agency has hired a new executive director to lead it as it prepares to undertake a major renovation of its building in the LGBTQ Castro district in early 2022.
Laura Lala-Chávez, a nonbinary, first-generation Mexican American, will begin in the role at the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center Monday, October 25.
Lala-Chávez, 42, later this month will step down as executive director of Challenge Day, a national organization focused on building empathy, compassion, and equity in school communities across the country.
They had previously served as associate executive director of the YMCA in San Francisco. "I am really humbled and excited about this opportunity," Lala-Chávez told the Bay Area