OUR STORY
We’re Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood — a community of people and resources that has set out to ensure that families have the systems, support, and opportunities they deserve on the path to college and career success! The stars shine bright in our city, and we believe in bringing that life! Housed at the Wilder Foundation, our approach to closing the opportunity gap is inclusive, considers the well-being of the whole family, and recognizes the brilliance of the people that we serve.
MISSION
We exist to transform learning, improve educational outcomes and spark abundant opportunities from cradle to career - for all children and families in Saint Paul.
VISION
We imagine a community that makes a promise of opportunity to all children and families.
Ujima
(Collective Work + Responsibility)
Collaboration leads to collective wisdom and common ground.
Education
High-quality learning is the responsibility of families, communities, and schools.
Culture
Education Must reflect the identity of each learner.
Freedom
Social and financial liberation unlock human potential.
VALUES
From Cradle to Career
Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood amplifies our community’s potential. Beyond believing, we know it to be true as we watch Rondo, Frogtown, and Summit-University be enriched places of boundless possibilities. “It takes a village” and we’re honored to have ours stretch across several, storied neighborhoods. SPPN is fixing broken systems collaboratively and building a bridge to the future with fruitful opportunities, nurtured communities, and a just responsiveness that grows with the times. Every person in Saint Paul can live a great life. Together, ‘can’ becomes ‘will’.
Together, we will all experience
the promise of Saint Paul.
OUR STAFF
We’re a small, mighty team of passionate people working to see the positive promise of a better life be a common occurrence for the Frogtown, Rondo, and Summit-University communities! Get to know us:
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Tiffany Scott Knox
Director
”Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."
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Sarita Vinje
Community Wellbeing + Impact Manager
“Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.” – Dolores Huerta
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Megan Jekot
Advocacy & Civic Engagement Program Manager
”Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.”
– Les Brown -
Mai Lor
Senior Administrative Specialist
“If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Alexander Hamilton
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Faisa Aden
Family Success Coach
“Do not let difficulties fill you with anxiety. It is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brilliantly”
– Ali Ibn Abi Talib -
Jalisa Sang
Family Advocacy Coordinator
“Once again the girl rode beside the spotted stallion. They were proud and happy together. But she did not forget her people. Each year she would come back, and she always brought her parents a colt.” -The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
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Jatonna Freeman-Haynus
Project BOLD Program Supervisor
“The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live.”
– Norman Cousins -
Jolene Mason
Family Success Coach
“I am what I am because of who we all are. To be Human is to recognize the Humanity in others.” – Ubuntu
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Karla Hernandez
Parent Educator
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
– Maya Angelou -
Shadanna Monroy Biay
Family Success Coach
“Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind.”
– Dodinsky -
Elizabeth Fischer
Parent Educator
“And still after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a Love like that, it lights the whole sky.”- Rumi
Careers with
Saint Paul PromisE Neighborhood
Coming soon!
Our Partners
We’re proud to partner with the following organizations that make our work possible.
