Celeste Flores
I Live Here, I Give Here
Austin, TX USA
"Understand what it means to be a good human. That is your baseline."
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Celeste's work combines: Non-Profit Organizations, Technology, and Helping People
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
Give back to your community! Volunteerism is the best way to get know about nonprofits in your area and the causes they support. Also, get involved at your school. Join clubs, play sports, participate in activities. The more you get involved the more adept at giving back you become.
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Texas A & M University-College Station
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Social and Community Service Managers:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
Bachelor's Degree: Organizational Leadership
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas.
2.
Attended Texas A&M University where she received her bachelor’s degree in marketing.
3.
Her first job out of college was working as an IT consultant—after working there for 3 years, she decided to take a leave of absence because she felt like she belonged somewhere else.
4.
After 9/11 happened, she had heard that the local Red Cross was looking for help, so she took a volunteer position in the development department helping with fundraising.
5.
Credits this experience with introducing her to the nonprofit industry and sparking her interest in philanthropy as a force for social change.
6.
She has held nonprofit development positions at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, Texas Children’s Hospital, United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, and Foundation for the Carolinas.
7.
She currently leads I Live Here, I Give Here and its flagship program, Amplify Austin, which seeks to identify strategic partnerships that will push the importance of giving back in Central Texas.
8.
Says that where she is today is due to having access and opportunity and, thus, she has focused her own brand of philanthropy around creating that for children and underserved communities.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Myself:
I am too shy to get involved.
How I responded:
I went to a very small all-girls Catholic high school and I was a wallflower. Going to Texas A&M (a huge university) brought me out of my shell and motivated me to get involved.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
It was hard trying to figure out how to afford college.
In college, I developed a lot of anxiety and used to get hives. Balancing my family life & the chaotic world of running a nonprofit doesn't leave me a lot of "free time" that is just for me. I take moments wherever I can to focus on my mental health.