Griselle Baret is the Director of Education Programs for the Hunts Point Alliance for Children (HPAC).  She is also one the alliance’s founding members—she was an Administrative Intern during HPAC’s inception in 2006. 

Griselle has been working with youth programs since 2003, when she served a Youth Advisor for the Sacred Heart Youth Group, a safe haven for 13-18 year olds of the Sacred Heart Parish in the Highbridge section of the Bronx.  As an Advisor, she helped coordinate and supervise activities Saturday nights to keep teenagers off the streets when they were not in school.  In 2006, Griselle became an Americorps volunteer, working as the Community Resource Coordinator for St. Ignatius School.  She was in charge of maintaining contacts throughout the community and beyond during the 2006-2007 academic year. She also assisted the school’s Graduate Support Program. Currently, Griselle directs and coordinates HPAC’s school-related programs, such as the Hunts Point Children’s Shakespeare Ensemble.

Griselle is currently pursuing her Master’s in Educational Leadership from New York University, where she also earned her Bachelor’s degree in 2006.