Nahtahna Cabanes is the V.P. of Strategic Partnerships at L.A. Works, building partnerships with Los Angeles’ change makers to move forward the mission of L.A.’s largest volunteer network. A history teacher for 10 years, in 2011 she shifted careers to study macro social work at UCLA. While at UCLA she was a Bohnett Fellow in the Mayor’s Office of Education. Her lifelong nonprofit career has also included work with CASA of Los Angeles and the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking. She is on the Board of the Ridley Foundation, which gives thousands of dollars away each year to education centers in Santa Barbara and is former Chair of the David Ryu’s Discretionary Fund Committee, making recommendations for the use of funds in City Council District 4. While she loves her work. she will always hold a place in her heart for medieval primary source documents.

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