Chance Vernon is the Grants Manager at Impact Justice. She works to sustain all of our programs to increase safety, justice, and honor the humanity of people impacted by the prison justice system.
Prior to joining Impact Justice, Chance was a Senior Public Policy Analyst at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California San Francisco, conducting research and developing programs for women at risk for HIV. She also worked as the Director of Youth Education at Nature Forward in the Washington, D.C. region, advocating for protection of the local environment and opportunities for all youth to access and enjoy outdoor spaces. She has worked as a creative writing and social science instructor at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles.
Chance has a BA in women’s studies and community studies from the University of California Santa Cruz and an MFA in creative writing from CalArts.