ForbesBooks Podcast | CHOC CEO Manuela Silva
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(Fairfield, CA) - CHOC CEO Manuela Silva was interviewed this summer for the ChangeMakers with Katie Goar podcast on ForbesBooks. Part 1 (17 minutes) and Part 11 (19 minutes) are now live via Apple and Spotify. Listen on Spotify below. Please visit Apple podcasts here.
“It’s a generational change. It’s breaking that cycle of poverty and helping build a future for future generations. And that’s how I got hooked into doing what I do.”
From CHOC's Fairfield, CA headquarters, Manuela discussed her work prior to joining CHOC, including Oakland's landmark Fruitvale Transit Village; her motivations and the evolution of our team and mission; CHOC’s beginnings in Davis, CA to current affordable housing in development - Palm Springs’ Monarch Apartment Homes and The Coachella Valley Apartments in Coachella, CA.
The CHOC organization extends its gratitude to ForbesBooks’ Katie Goar and Joe Pardavila for this opportunity to discuss our origin story, "why Palm Springs” and affordable housing’s critical, generational impact.
About CHOC: Founded in 1984, the Community Housing Opportunities Corporation (CHOC) is a non-profit, affordable housing developer based in Fairfield, California with offices in Palm Springs; we create and manage equitable communities for individuals, families, seniors, and those with special needs. CHOC believes that economically integrated, affordable housing is key to self-sufficiency and is achievable with enriching, supportive programs that give pride to residents, stabilize families and improve local economies. www.chochousing.org