Rob Rawlings:  

Life Ran track at Gunderson High, and then graduated from Gunderson High in 85. I managed stores for Athletic Xpress/Foot Locker till 86. Went to Cal Baptist in 86. Studied Sociology/SW. Started coordinating volunteer programs for the school and the juvenile probation dept. in 86. I worked at a great small residential agency while in college. I moved to SF as the missionary director of the Baptist Community Center in 92. I was asked to manage a group home of hard core gang related youth while in SF. I found the body of a young man after he had committed suicide. Nothing can prepare you for that. That experience side tracked me for a while. I then helped start a home for abused girls in 97. Then moved back to Riverside in 97.Worked as a day treatment counselor/mental health worker and probation investigator in Riverside and Santa Ana from 97 - 2000. It’s strange, but working with severally abused and neglected children was the most therapeutic experience of my life. I returned to the girls home as the administrator, and then later Program Director of three homes from 2000-2003. The County recruited me to run a County Children's Shelter here in the...Expand for more