Mar Vista Gardens Resident-Intern Giving Back to Her Community

Victorianna Moore wants to come back to Mar Vista Gardens when she graduates to give back to her community and help them have a brighter future.

Mar Vista Gardens is a large housing development located on the west side of Los Angeles that provides housing as well as community programs to more than 600 residents. HIRE LA’s Youth intern Victorianna Moore is employed at Mar Vista Gardens. The 15-year-old high school sophomore is also a resident of the development and is dedicated to helping her fellow neighbors.

This summer she supervised a youth camp for kids at the Mar Vista Gardens Recreational Center. Her responsibilities in the center included planning activities for the participants and organizing the office. Her favorite part of the job was interacting with kids and teaching them new skills.

Gang activity was prevalent in this housing development, but the times are changing due to recent crackdowns on criminal activity and because of people like Victorianna.  A future pediatrician and medical professor, she is on a quest to become an advocate for her community and Mar Vista Gardens and her family are her source of inspiration. While not wanting to delve into her parents’ financial struggles, she credits them for being supportive and motivating her to do well in school. Victorianna wants to come back to Mar Vista Gardens when she graduates to give back to her community and help them have a brighter future.