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Youth 1st’s Renard Monroe On Impactful After-School Programs

The Merced Heights resident created his after-school program to get more involved in the community and serve its youth.

Youth 1st’s Renard Monroe On Impactful After-School Programs
Executive director and founder of Youth 1st, Renard Monroe. | Anne Marie Kristoff/Ingleside Light
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Renard Monroe provides stability, education and fun for children through his after-school academic enrichment program.

Monroe, 50, has long been a part of the community through volunteering with Pilgrim Community Center’s Weed and Seed program to advocating for issues that impact the Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside neighborhoods, such as city budget cuts or rebuilding the Ocean View Branch Library. He prides himself on always being a helping hand.

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