Carletha Sterling, Board Chair, received her Bachelors Degree in Organizational Leadership with Honors from Arizona State University and her Masters in Nonprofit Leadership Management. She holds two Associate Arts Degrees, and is certified in Applied Behavior Analysis.

Prior to Carletha’s release from prison, she designed the “U-Turn Prison and Prevention Program” and received an award for her work in deterring at-risk individuals from a life of crime and drugs. She designed and trained other incarcerated people to facilitate numerous self-help programs.

Since her release, Carletha has received numerous certificates and/or awards for her work with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals from Former Mayor Eric Garcetti, Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and Councilman Curren D. Price Junior. Carletha is the 2016 recipient for the Uncommon Heroes award, and a graduate of Women Organizing for Justice. Her experience includes serving as an Executive Board Member for A New Way of Life, Board President for Wings for Women, an Administrative Assistant for an award-winning attorney in Southern California, and managing campaign headquarters for a previous political candidate.

Carletha is the Founder of the nonprofit organization “Remember Me”, which is designed to educate incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals on the impact their crime and choices have on their family, their victim(s), the victim’s family, and the community.