Vision

Maria Jaochico, Ed.D. (she/her) is the director of the Office of Restorative Justice Practices and has worked at UCSF since 2016. Dr. Jaochico earned an M.Ed. in student affairs administration from Clemson University and an Ed.D. in higher education administration from the University of West Georgia. Her research focused on implementing restorative justice practices in graduate-level academic environments. In her role, she develops UCSF’s strategic implementation of restorative justice and ensures that RJP offerings align with the PRIDE Values and Principles of Community. Maria's core values are deeply influenced by the concept of "kapwa," a Filipino term that describes the ideas of "I am who I am connected to" and "a community bound by mutual commitment." This principle underscores her interconnectedness with the UCSF community.

Juri Sanchez (she/her/ella) is the associate director of the Office of Restorative Justice Practices. Juri is a proud first-generation Latina, born and raised in the Bay Area, dedicated to her community's success. Her passion for advancing equity and social justice is informed by her trajectory navigating the education system and growing up in a single-parent immigrant household. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan. Over the past seven years, Juri has contributed to improving K-12 education, higher education, and foreign policy- through direct services, program development, and policy advocacy. Juri believes restorative justice practices are tools to strengthen communities by co-creating collaborative environments where people feel a sense of belonging.

Lindsay Berkowitz (they/them) is the assistant director of the Office of Restorative Justice Practices. They have worked on RJ and DEI implementation across education, government, and nonprofit sectors. Lindsay has an academic healthcare background as a PhD candidate in sociology from UC Berkeley, where their research focuses on healthcare and disability access for folx with hard-to-diagnose, multimorbid chronic illnesses. Lindsay is an experienced educator and facilitator, teaching courses on equity in STEM education, restorative justice, the effects of oppression on health, and more. Lindsay practices RJ as a mode of 'healing justice,' and supports the UCSF community to practice healing justice together to “advance health worldwide.”

Ramsay Boly (he/him) is the assistant director of the Office of Restorative Justice Practices. Ramsay is a Burkinabé-American whose values and identities draw from a global spectrum of cultures. From a young age, his quest for peace and belonging were met by exclusionary identity-based dynamics that root in coloniality. This quest continues to drive Ramsay’s work as a conflict transformation practitioner. He holds a Master of Development Practice from UC Berkeley and is currently pursuing a Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work from the University of Melbourne. Ramsay believes that community is the foundation needed to enable sustainable social change and that restorative justice practices provide important contributions towards that goal. 

Edna Temilo (she/her/ella) is the Coordinator and Data Manager of the Office of Restorative Justice Practices. She is a passionate, collaborative, and organized data-driven professional with more than a decade of experience in the healthcare industry. Coming from the private sector, she is now dedicated to applying that background and knowledge to the field of Restorative Justice through data analysis. She enjoys storytelling through data and has years of experience in understanding the people behind the numbers. Edna believes that through effective data practices we can transform and heal communities.