• Our Team

Hillarie Beyer

 

Hillarie has been our Executive Director since 2010. Since then, she's significantly grown our organization. Hillarie's work focuses mostly on helping organizations and people work better together, most recently as the lead for The Center at McKinleyville, a service integration project.

Hillarie has a husband, two kids and a dog. Her favorite activity is reading at home with a cup of tea during a rainstorm.

 

 

Rebecca Wissing

Our Chief Financial Officer, Rebecca, has been with the Family Resource Center since 2015 after six years at the Department of Health and Human Services. Rebecca manages the budget, supports the Board of Directors in Fundraising and maintains our policies and procedures. She has a keen eye for detail and is a great asset to the executive team.

Rebecca was born and raised in Humboldt and received her degree in Business Administration and Economics from Humboldt State. Outside of the office Rebecca spends her time playing with her two sons and tending her heirloom orchard.

 

Cori Jara

Cori is the Program Manager for our Elevate Youth: On the Verge leadership development program. This program brings together a group of transitional age youth (aged 21-26) who are BIPOC, Queer, and/or Disabled and combines project work with leadership development. This cohort is tasked with working on a local project that prevents substance use disorder in youth. Cori is a trainer of Racial Equity and is passionate about social justice. She's also our staff librarian.

Outside of the office, you'll find Cori reading, writing, crafting, snuggling with her cat, or playing in the water on summer days.

Angelica Lua

Angelica Lua, our Love Your Neighborhood Program Coordinator has been working with families for a couple of years and just joined the team in April 2019.  Angelica is passionate about using her skills and resources in order to better serve the community and advocate for peoples needs and bridge gaps. 

She is originally from Orange County and stayed in Humboldt County after graduating college because of the people and atmosphere.  Angelica's favorite pass times are dancing and hiking.

 

Aristea Saulsbury

Aristea joined the MFRC team in 2020 as the Prevention Programming and Community Outreach Project Manager. She is responsible for building connections between community members and the agencies of The Center at McKinleyville, including facilitating community meetings, educational sessions, and online engagement.
 
Aristea has had an eclectic career with the common thread of helping communities become stonger. She has a BA in History and an MA in Organizational Leadership and Change. The bulk of Aristea’s career was spent in early childhood education, followed by several years of project management and racial equity consulting. The position at MFRC brings together all of her passions and skills. As an added bonus, she is also able to serve the community she lives in with her family.

Nani Villa

Nani Villa is the Lead Case Manager at MFRC. She has a Masters of Social Work from Cal Poly Humboldt. One of her primary focuses in her role is providing SPanish speaking services to MFRC clients and engaging with her bilingual team to focus on the importance of language justice in the social work field.

Nani was born and raised in Humboldt County and loves giving back to her community. Outside of work, Nani enjoys going for walks, exploring nature, and spending time with family and friends. 

Cassandra Crawford

Cassandra Crawford is our Youth Workforce Development Program Coordinator. They moved from Southern California to Humboldt for school- and graduated from HSU with a Bachelor’s in Geography in 2017. They are back at Cal Poly Humboldt this year for their Masters in Social Work. Cass has served at the Family Resource Center before, from 2018 to 2019 as an AFACTR AmeriCorps working with local families, which introduced them to the realm of social work. Now, they are happy to be back, serving the community and working with young adults interested in gaining experience, employment, or furthering education.

Robin Baker

Robin Baker was on our team from 2014-2019 when she worked as our Lead Case Manager and Chief Operations Officer. After three years of living in Colorado and working in the healthcare field, Robin is was happy to re-join our team in 2021. In addition to being one of the Co Interim Executive Directors, Robin manages our Asthma Home Visiting Program and will be guiding our Guaranteed Income Pilot Program. Robin has a BA in Sociology and a certificate in Climate Change and Health from the Yale School of Public Health. She is passionate about equity, public health, and climate justice. 

Outside of work, Robin enjoys reading, being active outdoors, and spending time with friends.

Michael Rice

Michael Rice moved here from Michigan in 2017. He is our Volunteer Coordinator and oversees our Pantry, Hygiene and Volunteer programs. Michael has spent numerous years in the service industry, specifically working and training café employees for 15 years. He is passionate about providing proper training, and ensuring people have the tools they need to succeed in the work field.  

Outside of the office, Michael spends most of his time with his cat, music equipment, and studying computer programming.  

Linaya Dinoto

 

Linaya Dinoto joined the McKFRC team in 2022 as the Office Manager. Linaya moved to Humboldt in 2016 from Sonoma County to pursue a degree at College of the Redwoods and moved on to receive her Bachelor’s degree in English from HSU. She has been an active member of the McKinleyville community for close to five years and is honored to work supporting her neighbors throughout Humboldt County. Linaya has an extensive background in office management, clerical work, and the service industry.

In her spare time she enjoys gardening, reading and spending time with her two dogs, partner, and cat. 

Dominique Richards

Dominique is an AFACTR Americorps member, serving as one of our case managers. She is a Humboldt native and has grown up loving to serve the beautiful, diverse communities here. Specifically, has a passion in providing a positive support system for the youth in Humboldt. She recently graduated from Cal Poly Humboldt with a bachelor's in psychology and is pursuing a master's in school psychology next Fall.

She is excited to serve with the Center! In her free time, she enjoys folklórico dancing, spending time with friends and family, and trying new cafes!

Karla Ceballos

Karla is an AFACTR-AmeriCorps member serving as a case manager for the center. She received her bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Cal Poly Humboldt and will be pursuing a master’s degree in social work next year. She moved here from Riverside, CA in 2020 and has been in Arcata since then.

She spent her childhood in Mexico and is especially passionate about serving the Latinx community.  Karla enjoys going on hikes, swimming, reading, spending time with her friends and family, and most of all she likes to travel with her boyfriend.

Vladimir the Pug

Our Chief Privacy Officer, Vladimir, is our newest addition to the Family Resource Center Team. He’s new to the biz but ambitious and eager to learn all there is to know about document shredding. Originally from Riverside, Vladimir recently moved to Humboldt County for the cool coast climate and beautiful scenery. When off work Vladimir enjoys snacking, napping, chewing on shoes and an occasional run through the yard.