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Brandi Brown is CDF's Texas Youth Leadership Development Director
and manages the oversight of the expansion of CDF Freedom Schools
in the Texas area.
She began working with CDF as the coordinator of the Katrina
Citizens Leadership Corps where she engaged people affected
by Hurricane Katrina in advocacy around recovery.
Brandi has a long history of partnering with CDF. She began
working with the Dallas CDF Freedom Schools while attending
Southern Methodist University in 1997 as an intern and then
site coordinator. In her role as an Ella Baker Trainer Brandi
started Houston’s first CDF Freedom Schools in the Summer
of 1999. Brandi is the co-founder and director of Waymaker Life
Strategies, Inc., the sponsoring organization of Houston’s
Youth Program for Enrichment (H.Y.P.E.) CDF Freedom Schools.
Her background consists of serving as a Coordinator for teen
parents for eight years in the Houston Independent School District
as well as serving as a co-owner of a Smoothie King Franchise
with her husband.
Brandi Brown is a proud graduate of Southern Methodist University
with a B.A. in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Counseling
from Prairie View A&M University. She and her husband are
the guardians of her 13 year old nephew and Brandi is committed
to children, service and advocacy.
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