Jameelah has been a resident of Vallejo since 2001. She is a single mother of her amazing 10 year old son. Born and raised in Oakland, Ca, and experiencing what’s it’s like to grow up in a household and community that was trauma filled as the results of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). Ms.Hanif is serious about creating safe, healthy, and nurturing environments and communities where children can live, learn and play in without fear. She is in process of opening Watch Me Grow Community Center, where her founding organization, Watch Me Grow, Inc. and partners will provide various resources, workshops and job trainings during the day and after-school positive youth development programs. This will be an establishment that provide wrap-around services for the entire community that will contribute to help them from surviving to thriving.