David Castro

Instructor

David Castro started as an educational aid in after-school programs and classrooms in Los Angeles, California. In this capacity he worked with low-income, first and second generation Latinx students that were struggling with school, and helped them navigate the school systems with their families to increase educational success. From there, he began working in Spokane, Washington, as a Youth Advocate for homeless youth and managed a job training program for a local nonprofit called Cup of Cool Water (Cup). He learned about barriers homeless youth face in navigating social services and the justice and education systems, especially among LGBTQIA+ and Native youth. In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, he joined the Spokane Regional Health District as a Community Health Worker where he helped with testing, vaccine clinics and getting relevant health information to Spokane’s Latino and homeless community in collaboration with The Native Project, an Urban Indian Health Clinic. He currently works at CHAS Health as a Community Health Worker Supervisor where he manages Community Health Workers that are Marshallese, Russian, Afghani and Community Health Workers that are based out of more rural areas like Latah and Lewiston, Idaho, and Deer Park, Washington.