Julia is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Tree Street Youth Center, whose mission is to work with youth and adults in the Lewiston community to co-create youth-centered programs and partnerships that encourage leadership, learning, exploration, and growth.
Julia began connecting to Lewiston community youth through service-learning opportunities while she was an undergraduate majoring in psychology and education at Bates College. After completing her Master’s in Leadership and Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine in 2011, she began the present-day Tree Street Youth. Since then, the organization has grown from a grassroots afterschool program to a statewide thought leader in the field of community-based youth development.