Layla Crater joined Change Consulting, LLC, as a Communications Coordinator in August 2016, helping drive PR and media relations for changemakers. Previously, she served as Account Executive and Showroom Manager for a boutique PR agency in San Francisco, managing media relations and providing operational support for some of the Bay Area’s most beloved brands, such as Blue Bottle Coffee and Timbuk2. She first discovered her passion for working for social change and nonprofit communications while working in documentary film production as a Production Manager for a PBS Frontline Film, “END GAME: AIDS in Black America.”

Layla holds a BA from UC Davis in Communications with an emphasis in American Studies. Layla has lived in Oakland since 2011 and is dedicated to serving her community.