FRANCO VEGA
Founder/CEO
The RightWay Foundation
Franco Vega founded The RightWay Foundation in 2011 in recognition of the unresolved trauma and barriers negatively impacting job retention for foster youth. Vega began his career in employment services 28 years ago teaching ‘Rites of Passage’ to transition age foster youth with the Department of Children & Family Services. He also created an employment center on Skid Row at the Midnight Mission, working with recovering addicts and the homeless population.
From providing case management and supervision for 5-12 year-olds to creating a Job Development Component for the Youth Opportunity Movement in Watts and Boyle Heights with the Community Development Department for the City of Los Angeles, Vega has years of experience working with struggling foster youth, helping him recognize that it was time to develop a program that combines mental health services and job readiness training for transition-age foster youth in Los Angeles County.
