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The YOLA East LA Program Manager is a leadership position for YOLA’s East LA hub housed at the Esteban E. Torres High School and focused on creating continued sustainability of the site’s musical, programmatic and operational health.

The YOLA hub for the East LA program serves a population of elementary through high school students ranging from beginner to advanced musicians. As such, the Program Manager leads a core administrative team as well as manages approximately 17 Teaching Artists for day-to-day programming.

As a leader of a YOLA site, the East LA Program Manager maintains and nurtures a healthy community among students, parents and neighboring schools as well as demonstrates a deep understanding and commitment to community programming, core concepts of youth development and unwavering support of fostering community-responsiveness and music’s ability to advance these ideas.

The Program Manager also serves as the lead advocate and representative of YOLA for the East LA community and is charged with actively engaging with and seeking out resources that will support the operational and programmatic health of the site. As part of the Learning department for the LA Phil, this role also supports large, cross-site YOLA initiatives and collaboration with other YOLA sites.

The Program Manager also serves in a key role for managing a positive partner relationship with all partners and community stakeholders connected to the East LA YOLA hub.