Raised in Tampa Bay, Fred Rosario is the Site Director of Year Up Tampa Bay, a non-profit workforce training program, with an enterprising partnership with St. Petersburg College. Year Up’s mission is to close the Opportunity Divide through a training model that consists of career exploration, technical and organizational skill building, and an earned 6-month professional internship with a corporation for Opportunity Talent ages 18-26 years old.

Fred has 20 years of experience working in non-profit organizations, specifically working with Opportunity Talent, with several diverse organizations, to include, Alonzo Mourning’s Overtown Youth Center, Children’s Home Society of Florida, and Year Up South Florida. He is passionate about social change, race equity and focused on creating and investing in real change within the communities he lives and serves.

Previously residing in Miami for 15 years, Fred received his MS in International/Intercultural Education from Florida International University in 2012 and his BA in Liberal Studies in 2007. In 2019, he returned to Tampa Bay and continues to seek opportunities to connect, collaborate and participate in the community and the diverse people within it.