L.A. Promise Fund

Happy Holidays from LA Promise Fund and Westbrook Academy! Wishing you and yours and cheerful season.

Place a bid today on cleats worn by LA Chargers wide receiver and support LA Promise Fund’s work. Your bid helps expand access to opportunity and education for students and families across Los Angeles.

We’re deeply grateful to Quentin for choosing LA Promise Fund as part of a player-led initiative where athletes wear custom-designed cleats to spotlight the causes they care about most.

Can we count on your bid? Click the link in our bio for additional details. Thank you for your support.

We’re excited to share that of the will be representing LA Promise Fund as part of the campaign, a player-led initiative where athletes wear custom-designed cleats to spotlight the causes and nonprofits they care about most.

This Sunday, Quentin will take the field in one-of-a-kind cleats created in our honor. After the game, they’ll be auctioned off, with 100% of the proceeds supporting LA Promise Fund students and families.

If you’d like to contribute toward the cleats and help us reach our goal, you can donate through the link in our bio or by visiting:
MyCauseMyCleats.org/Player/Quentin-Johnston

Thank you for your support and join us as we cheer Quentin on this weekend!

Donate Today with LA Promise Fund: tinyurl.com/LAPF-Giving-2025

Every year, LA Promise Fund provides thousands of pounds of fresh produce to families in need through our Promise Parent program. In a normal year, the holiday season is already financially stressful for our community—but with the recent loss of benefits, we are preparing for an unprecedented level of need.

Our Thanksgiving Promise Pantry on November 19 will help meet that need by providing fresh food and essential items to hundreds of families across Los Angeles.

Will you rush a donation this season to help us provide families with much-needed relief for the holidays?

tinyurl.com/LAPF-Giving-2025

Your donation will help us to rush aid to those in need TODAY and provide students with academic opportunities for their FUTURE.

Your generosity today will help us meet this moment of need and continue to strengthen the safety net for our community.

Thank you in Marina Del Rey for hosting us for our Young Professionals Council meet up! Our Young Professionals Council (YPC) is a small but mighty group of bright leaders who support our mission and programs through fundraising, outreach, and volunteerism.

We are excited to announce two new members of YPC: Briana Ford (Meta) and Rachel Lucero (UTA Foundation). Stay tuned to see great work from YPC in the holiday season!

Teachers! You’re invited to register for the Amgen Biotech Experience Abridged Generic Engineering Series Training Workshop this October! 🧬

Register at: tinyurl.com/ABELA-PDI-October

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a certificate and become an active ABE teacher. As an ABE teacher, you will have access to a wealth of educational resources, be able to borrow biotech equipment and supplies, and receive ongoing technical support with classroom implementation from our ABE-LA site coordinators.

Register by October 1st! 🧬

What an amazing summer it’s been for with the most interns we’ve ever had (115 total) placed at paid internships at more than 20 top companies!

Thank you to our friends at and many more for giving our students amazing experiences, real-world knowledge, career advice, and mentorship this summer.

Read the full story about our summer internship program and make sure to follow for updates on the new school year. Link in bio!

showed up to support the arts in LA County! Thank you to our volunteers from Goldman Sachs who helped out at the Summer Professional Development Symposium. We were also honored to have our LAPF board member, Simon Osborn, join us to give a special welcome at the start of the event.

Interested in corporate volunteering? Send us a DM to get your organization involved in supporting education in Los Angeles!

We would like to give a special thank you to the wonderful speakers and panelists who joined us for the ArtsMatter Summer Professional Symposium!

Kicking off the event, we were honored to have President Thomas P**n, Ph.D. speak AND sing about the joys of art education!

On Thursday, we also heard from Karla Estrada, LAUSD ITI Deputy Superintendent of Instruction; LAPF Board Treasurer Simon Osborn, Goldman Sachs; Jantré Christian, Administrator; and Karen Robinson, LAUSD, K-12 Arts Coordinator.

Thank you to Dr. Frances Baez, LAUSD Chief Academic Officer, and Estela Zarate, Ph.D., Dean of the LMU School of Education for their thoughtful fireside chat on Progress and Priorities in arts education.

On Friday, we were lucky to welcome back Dr. Tanner Osmon, Westwood Economics and Planning Associates, for an updated report on the creative economy.

Followed by an engaging panel discussion featuring Bryant Keith Alexander, Ph.D., LMU Dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts; Michele Jaquis, Otis College of Art and Design Director of Interdisciplinary Studies; Matthew Waynee, LAUSD CTE Animation & Video Production Teacher; and David Metz, LAUSD Theatre Teacher and 2024 Teacher of the Year.

Thank you all for joining us for a dynamic event and for your passion for keeping the arts alive and well in LA County!

Photos by .n.sphotography

What an amazing two-day event we had at the 2025 ArtsMatter Summer Professional Development Symposium! Last week, we hosted over 350+ art teachers in collaboration with the LAUSD Arts Education Branch, LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts, and LMU School of Education for a jam-packed symposium. We learned, we planned, and we connected in the spirit of preserving art education in LA County!

Thank you to our partners and sponsors, Snap Foundation, Service Station Foundation, and Goldman Sachs. Your sponsorship has made it possible to support the professional development of hundreds of educators.

We had an incredible first day of the ArtsMatter Summer Professional Development Symposium yesterday! We loved seeing hundreds of arts educators learning, engaging, networking, and collaborating at

Today we’re thrilled to welcome our panelists Bryant Keith Alexander, Ph.D., Dean of and Michele Jacquis, Otis College Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies. As well as two incredible educators Matthew Waynee and David Metz, Ed.D.

Follow along for updates and moments from the event!

We’re so exited to welcome Estelle Zarate, Ph.D., LMU School of Education Dean, and Dr. Frances Baez, LAUSD Chief Academic Officer, for DAY 1 of the ArtsMatter Summer Professional Development Symposium!

Dr. Baez and Dr. Zarate will be hosting a Fireside Chat on Progress and Priorities in Arts Education for our 400+ educators in attendance!