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At Mustard Seed Project, our leadership team is composed of individuals who deeply care about combating chronic homelessness, donating their time and embodying our mission to make the organization what it is today.

Martin K. Arceo, Our Founder

Martin started the project as a sophomore student at UC Riverside, working street outreach and holding seminars on the state of homelessness in the community. His role in the organization is to create an agenda, establish goals and performance standards, and control the affairs of and activities of the officers. Martin graduated from UC San Diego with a B.S. in Environmental Systems from UC San Diego. Martin also currently works as Programs Director at Uplift San Diego.

Officers for 2022-2023

Erikka first joined MSP as a regular volunteer, working her way up through dedication and passion for the organization’s mission. Her role at the MSP is to establish the overall strategy behind data collection, storage, and management. Erikka graduated UCSD with a Bioinformatics Major (Bio Dept) and a minor in Computer Science at UC San Diego. Erikka now works as a software engineer at Illumina.
Martin started the project as a sophomore student at UC Riverside, working street outreach and holding seminars on the state of homelessness in the community. His role in the organization is to create an agenda, establish goals and performance standards, and control the affairs of and activities of the officers. Martin graduated from UC San Diego with a B.S. in Environmental Systems from UC San Diego. Martin also currently works as Programs Director at Uplift San Diego.
Quoc joined MSP as a regular volunteer at UC San Diego, working his way up to an Outreach Coordinator to his current position. Quoc is responsible for creating project-level fundraising campaigns, establishing fundraising infrastructure between chapters, as well as writing grants. Quoc graduated Uc San Diego with a B.A. in Economics. He is currently working as an Emergency Medical Technician to pursue a career in medicine.

Erikka Linn

Chair

Martin Arceo

Vice Chair & Founder

Quoc Nguyen

Treasurer

Tina's first experience with homelessness in her community was with MSP, where she joined as a friend of Seti’s. Tina is responsible for creating the designs and graphics for the organization, managing the design committee, and reporting on design updates and social media outreach. Tina graduated UC Los Angeles, with a B.A. in Sociology, and is currently pursuing a career in dentistry.
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Tina Lavaf

Director of Content Creation

Alan Cervantes

Director of Operations

Arica Aninag

Director of Chapter Operations

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Sun Lu

Director of Chapter Expansion

Esther Abraham

Co-Director of VSN Program

Christine Keshishyan

Co-Director of VSN Program

Committee Members

Our Committee Members work alongside their respective directors. They are composed of individuals who continuously demonstrate  our values; Respect, Community, Access, Excellence, and Accountability, with a common goal to serve and support our unhoused neighbors.

Admin Committee

Erikka Linn

Martin Arceo

Quoc Nguyen

Alan Cervantes

Advisory Committee

Judy Nam

Edwin Hong

Kari Jin

Amelia Broadnax

Martin Arceo

Erikka Linn

Development Committee

Tina Lavaf

Erikka Linn

Martin Arceo

Adele Tong

Ivy Kim

Realiza Rodriguez 

Paula Andrade

Volunteer Service Navigation

Esther Abraham

Christine Keshishyan

Martin Arceo

Ivy Kim

Khyri Jones

Rebecca Rodiguez 

Nirvana Pacheco

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