Mona Grife
Youth Development Executives of King County (YDEKC) SEL Strategy Senior Manager
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Mona Grife joined the YDEKC team in November 2017. She has been in the youth development field since 2002 serving in a variety of roles as a teaching artist, service learning coordinator, program manager, and capacity builder. She has facilitated and managed youth leadership, service learning, and social emotional programs across Washington with organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Metrocenter YMCA, and United Way of King County. Most recently, she founded Creative Hearts Lab, pop-up workshops for young children that focus on SEL, literacy, and the arts. She enjoys building collaborative partnerships and finding creative ways to align efforts achieve ambitious outcomes. She is also a proud parent of two boys who exercise her SEL skills in ways she never imagined.