Meet the HomePlate Staff
Outreach
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Liz Erisman | she/her
Outreach Coordinator
Liz has been a part of the outreach team at HomePlate for the past 4 years! Her goal is to make resources more accessible to young people and to improve access to shelter and housing for youth in Washington County. Liz loves watching sports, and spending time with her dog outside!
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Theresa Rostampour | she/her
Outreach Worker
Theresa is part of the outreach team, and has been working with young people experiencing homelessness since 2016. Theresa is Iranian American and has personal experiences to be able to relate with young people who are experiencing instability, trauma, and mental health struggles.
She spends her days at HomePlate doing street outreach across the county, meeting youth where they are at, and at Wednesday night drop in, and spends her nights looking up the definitions of Gen Z slang words.
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Drop-In
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Mireya Baltazar | she/her
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Gabby Salcedo | she/her
Bilingual Drop-In Worker
Gabby is bilingual in English and Spanish and brings trauma-informed care, a culturally responsive approach, and her own perspective as a single mother navigating complex systems. She has 12 years of experience working with youth and adults in mental health and addictions settings, legal advocacy, and case management. In her free time she enjoys going to the gym, discovering new places, hanging out with her daughter, family, and friends.
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Marina Bolser | she/her
Peer Support Specialist
Email | Cell
Marina has been working with youth since 2018. When she's not working, she enjoys improvisational dance, contributing to her community garden, spending time in nature, and playing her didgeridoo (perhaps all at once). Being in recovery from substance dependence herself, she considers one aim of her work to help youth find joy, purpose, and meaning in their lives outside of substances.Marina holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Education and Behavior, a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, a Peer Support Specialist certification, and is a Qualified Mental Health Associate (R) in the state of Oregon. She hopes to create safe, nonjudgemental spaces where youth feel heard and accepted in her work at HomePlate.
Housing
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Mariela Santiago | she/her
Housing Coordinator
Mariela is passionate about supporting and empowering youth as they work toward long term housing stability, overcoming barriers, and reaching their goals. Her background includes domestic violence advocacy, serving as a Family Coach with ODHS, and housing navigation. As Housing Coordinator, she's excited to continue growing the program and advocating for the needs of youth in Washington County. Outside of work, she enjoys playing sports, going on nature walks, and spending time with her two cats, Pancho and Daisy.
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Austin O'Neal | he/him
Housing Navigator
Austin has been working with at-risk and houseless population for 10+years. Austin is a first-generation Master's of Education, specializing in School counseling. His mission is to assist at-risk and homeless youth with resources and to ultimately remove homelessness for teens in the Washington County Area.
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Operations and Finance
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Rita Halpin | she/her
Senior Accountant
Development and Communications
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Carly Bornmann | she/her
Associate Director of Development & Communications
Carly has been working as a nonprofit and development professional for 7+ years. Through her career, her mission has been to create positive community impact and amplify the voices of youth that have historically been overlooked. When she's not working, Carly can be found teaching trauma-informed yoga and adventuring with her border collie/black lab, Luna.
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L Parker | they/them
Community Engagement and Social Media Coordinator
L supports community engagement and communications at HomePlate and uses their perspectives gained through their lived experience of youth homelessness and also their Bachelor's degree in Sociology. They deeply believe in the power of creative expression, community care, and youth agency. Outside of work, they enjoy bicycling, making art, and playing video games.
Senior Leadership
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Hannah Larsen | she/her
Director of Outreach & Housing Programs
Hannah has over a decade of direct service and leadership experience in the non-profit world and first joined the HomePlate team to build the Housing Department. Her background also includes work for individuals with developmental disabilities and survivors of domestic violence. In her free time she likes to cook, backpack with her partner and dogs, and work on her flower farm.
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Lucy Simmons | she/her
Director of Drop-in & Volunteer Programs
Lucy has about 7 years of experience in direct service and leadership in the youth work field, primarily in street outreach and drop-in settings. She is a big believer in the ideas of Harm Reduction, intersectionality, and the power of creating community spaces where we can all show up as our authentic selves. On the personal side, Lucy loves her orange cat Fluff, spooky movies/shows/books, and cooking.
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Amber Sparks | she/her
Director of Operations and Finance
Amber is a first generation Master's of social work graduate with a focus on community organizing and non-profit administration. She has been with HomePlate since 2018 and has held several roles from volunteer coordinator, to program director to her current role as director of operations & finance. She's passionate about creating a community of belonging for young people in our county. In her free time, you can find her competing in powerlifting competitions or playing dungeons and dragons.
Executive Director
Dorian Russell is the Executive Director of HomePlate Youth Services, Washington County’s only comprehensive homeless services provider of both street outreach and drop-in services for youth ages 12-24. They are proud to serve in public office on the Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD) Board where they craft policies prioritizing healthy outcomes for children with disabilities in 20 school districts across four Oregon counties. Dorian also serves as an appointed member of the Hillsboro Library Board. Their professional background in program administration and public policy spans federal and local government, nonprofit, and university sectors. Across roles, Dorian brings lived perspective as a queer, genderfluid, person with a disability from low-income circumstances - they even accessed services at HomePlate as a teen themselves! Dorian holds a research master’s in environmental science and has 30+ publications and a book on topics ranging from equitable practices in workforce development to the quantified impacts of habitat loss. In their spare time, Dorian enjoys volunteering as an illustrator, birdwatching, and adventures with their elderly chihuahua, Mort.