Skip to content
Safety•Exit
  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Our Team
      • Board
      • Staff
      • Youth Organizing Fellows
    • Careers
  • What We Do
    • Investing in Young People
    • Advocacy & Organizing
    • Freedom Research Institute
  • Freedom 2030
  • Locations
    • Contra Costa County
    • Los Angeles
    • Oakland
    • Santa Clara County
    • San Francisco
  • Media
    • Young AF
    • Blog
    • YWFC Resources
    • In the News
    • Press Releases
    • Video Gallery
  • Contact
  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Our Team
      • Board
      • Staff
      • Youth Organizing Fellows
    • Careers
  • What We Do
    • Investing in Young People
    • Advocacy & Organizing
    • Freedom Research Institute
  • Freedom 2030
  • Locations
    • Contra Costa County
    • Los Angeles
    • Oakland
    • Santa Clara County
    • San Francisco
  • Media
    • Young AF
    • Blog
    • YWFC Resources
    • In the News
    • Press Releases
    • Video Gallery
  • Contact
  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Our Team
      • Board
      • Staff
      • Youth Organizing Fellows
    • Careers
  • What We Do
    • Investing in Young People
    • Advocacy & Organizing
    • Freedom Research Institute
  • Freedom 2030
  • Locations
    • Contra Costa County
    • Los Angeles
    • Oakland
    • Santa Clara County
    • San Francisco
  • Media
    • Young AF
    • Blog
    • YWFC Resources
    • In the News
    • Press Releases
    • Video Gallery
  • Contact
Safety•Exit←
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube
Santa Clara County |
Youth Organizer

Arabella Guevara

She/Hers

Arabella, born and raised in San Jose, CA, has been system impacted since a very young age. She lost her father to addiction and alcoholism at the age of 8 years old and has been raised by a single mother ever since. Arabella first encountered the system when she was a child and her father was in and out of jail. After a rough childhood, addiction at an early age, domestic violence and mental health struggles, she was then incarcerated herself at the age of 13 and was incarcerated on and off until she was 17 years old. 

Arabella experienced all the negative things that come with being involved in the system, including negative judgment, being criminalized by police, and losing friends and family to the system as well as her childhood. She was on juvenile probation for nearly 5 years before it was terminated just 2 months before turning 18. Since then, Arabella has not had any interactions with police, has a beautiful baby boy, and is very involved with the Center and helping her community. She completed the Siblings on the Rise internship, When Young Moms Thrive fellowship, and is now Lead Fellow for YWFC Santa Clara County. Her main goal is to become a self-determination advocate and help other youth in the system just like her advocate did for her.

arabella@youngwomenfree.org
Meet More Team Members

Arabella Guevara

Previous Staff Member

Kayla Batten

Next Staff Member
What do you know about?
#FREEDOM2030
Find Out ⟶

General Info

  • Email Us
  • Call Us

Follow Us

Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube
Locations
Contra Costa County

tumani [at] youngwomenfree.org
(510) 334-2629

Los Angeles

lareferrals [at] youngwomenfree.org
(415) 703-8800 ext 215

Visit Us

Oakland

oakreferrals [at] youngwomenfree.org
(510) 350-7411

Visit Us

San Francisco

Headquarters
832 Folsom Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94107
sfreferrals [at] youngwomenfree.org
(415) 703-8800

Visit Us

Santa Clara County

sccreferrals [at] youngwomenfree.org
(415) 703-8800 ext 216

Visit Us

YWFC in the News

How Black History Paves the Way for a Just Black Future

YWFC February 1, 2023

California Looks to Santa Clara County Model to Stop Incarceration of Girls

YWFC January 27, 2023

CA State Senator Dave Cortese Drafts Bill to Allow Judicial Review of Decades-Old Sentences

YWFC January 24, 2023

Get Updates

Subscribe for YWFC Newsletters ⟶

© Young Women's Freedom Center 2023 | Designed + Built by Lu Design Studio

©Young Women's Freedom Center 2023
Designed + Built by LDS

Subscribe for YWFC Newsletters!

* indicates required
Regions
Help us notify you about events in your area!
  • Español