Julius Alejandro
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Julius Alejandro
@juliusalejandro.bsky.social
Nonprofit Executive | Educator | Innovation Ecosystem | Org Strategy | Hip-Hop & Manga
Honored to be voted in for @sdsuresearch.bsky.social Alumni Association Board of Advisors. Thank you to the new Alumni Board President Brianna Peters for nominating me.
June 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Second stop: Berlin 🇩🇪 i enjoyed the architecture of the city & difference between west & east due to the Cold War. I took some time at the park in silence to pay respect for the victims of the Holocaust.
May 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Vacation mode in Europe. First stop was the UK in London.
May 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I Who Have Never Known Men…I couldn’t put it down. Its mix emotions that I took in positive light of examination of life. I’m still unpacking the lessons from this book.
May 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
We had the launch of our Founders Wellness event focus in entrepreneurs to develop coping strategies when building their companies. We had mindfulness & low impact exercise.
April 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Participated at a career panel of a API at San Diego City College on career paths. I spoke as a Executive Director for a nonprofit. We shared how our identity influenced our journey.
April 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The first 5-year anniversary event series: Brew & Bloom for Village Up in celebration of Women’s History Month. We brought founders, partners, supporters, & students together to foster meaningful connections. My all-women team were recognized by local officials.
March 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I was featured for the online magazine BoldJourney on the topic of “Finding Your Why” about my journey in starting Village Up from a grassroots community organizer to getting involved in the startup community.

Article: boldjourney.com/meet-julius-...
March 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Last evening I attended Lao San Diego Rise Up gala event. I and other Commissioners from the City of San Diego & County of San Diego introduced Councilmember Kent Lee & Board Supervisor Monica Montgomery-Steppe.
March 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
District training on is to protect and support our undocumented students.
March 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You want to start a coalition starter pack. It’s like 70% administrative & building the structure based on coalition members requests & input.
March 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
At the event: Telling your story for Grant Success. My nonprofit is a community partner. Did a podcast interview w/ FounderFuego. With partners from @visitsandiego.bsky.social, Chase, & Better Business Bureau
March 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Shout out to my spring team for putting on our first event for 2025 for our Real Talk series that explore the experiences of diverse founders with everything going on in the US.
February 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Honored to be a judge for CETYS Tijuana regional elimination round of The School of Thought Entrepreneurial Competition.
February 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Teaching three classes. Our 270 course is the internship class to give students hands-on experience. All my students have a site. I’ll be developing their deliverables and make sure they complete their hours.
February 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My nonprofit, Village Up with @mainzerstr.bsky.social convened other entrepreneurs supporting nonprofits and higher education folks together to collectively peruse funding source.

We’re doing something for San Diego, our community and the underserved members we are uplifting.
January 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
With @mainzerstr.bsky.social on learning how to develop our Theory of Change for our nonprofit, Village Up San Diego.
January 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
First day of the Nonprofit Leadership and Governance Symposium to learn best practices
January 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
First priority of the new year as an executive director of an emerging nonprofit…have a full team. 28 applications from SDSU & USD for our internship program.
January 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Some of the books that shaped my worldview. The dynamic of humans working in constructed faulty systems that cause frictions. The insights give me hope of the possibility of better systems and human conditions.
January 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This semester I secured two partnership with my alma maters of SWC & SDSU to provide internships opportunities to their students for my nonprofit.

For systemic change there needs to be systemic opportunities that leverages orgs’ strengths to officially collab & access training.
December 13, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Been a month since I jogged. Fall is the busiest in the San Diego innovation ecosystem. On top of being normal sick. Did 3.86 miles by the bay.
November 27, 2024 at 2:44 AM