Michelle  Farnum has worked in the field of youth development, training and education for over 20 years. She is currently the Assistant Director for Children, Youth and Families for the Department of Human Service Programs, a Department of the City of Cambridge.  As a senior leader in the Department, Michelle is responsible for planning and implementing programmatic direction for the child and youth-serving divisions.  Her past work has included overseeing the Cambridge Youth Programs, a network of 5 Youth Centers serving 1000+ members between the ages of 9-19 and as the Director of Youth Programs for the Office of Workforce Development where she designed and implemented several nationally recognized school-to-career internships, and other service-learning projects and work-based learning programs for youth.