Sandra Escamilla
Children's Aid
Sandra Escamilla, a social worker, has worked in the field of youth development and education for over 25years. She joined Children’s Aid in 2016. In her current role as the Executive Vice President, she supports the VPs of Early Childhood, Youth, Education and the National Center of Community Schools to deliver high quality holistic services and strategies in community schools and centers that enable children, youth and families to succeed and thrive from cradle to college and career.
Sandra has held various leadership positions in NYC including as the Executive Director of the Youth Development Institute (YDI) at the Fund for the City of New York. In her 15 year tenure at YDI, she led various initiatives designed to help youth-serving organizations across multiple sectors maximize their impact in New York City and across the nation. A hallmark of her work is the partnerships she cultivated with various NYC government agencies and colleges to infuse youth development principles and practices into their everyday work through model development, training and coaching of senior leaders.
In 2015, Sandra founded her own consultancy practice, PUSH NYC+ where she provides executive coaching to leaders globally. She received her Masters of Science in Social Work from Columbia University and her B.A. from Hunter College where she instructed a course on mentorship.
