Administrative Coordinator, Cabrini Connections Tutor/Mentor Program. Read El Da'Sheon's Blog
El Da'Sheon Nix is a former football player and a 2004 graduate of Northwestern University who majored in Human Development and Psychological Services and has a Bachelor’s in education and social policy. Due to a career ending knee injury, Nix’s football career ended prematurely. Following graduation from Northwestern, Nix worked for two years as the Lead Mental Health professional at the Rice Child and Family Center which is a residential treatment facility in Evanston, Ill. that provides services for adolescents with mental and behavioral disorders. Nix then began working as a Youth Development Worker at the Youth Organization Umbrella in Evanston, Ill.
A little over a year later Nix was offered and accepted the Director of Social Services position at the Evanston Community Defender Office where he provided individual and group counseling services to Evanston adolescents and their families. In Nix’s new role as the Administrative Coordinator he is in charge of coordinating the Cabrini Connections program and continuing to connect youth residing in and around the Cabrini Green community to the necessary resources in an effort to prepare them for successful careers in the future.
