Youth M.O.V.E. National Staff

The Youth M.O.V.E. National Staff consists of a full-time Director and a part-time assistant that provide administrative functions to the organization, board members and chapters. The Youth M.O.V.E. National staff also acts as the representative entity at conferences and events, in addition to the board. Youth M.O.V.E. National also employs the help of the National Federation's Youth Involvement Associate in it's advocacy and outreach efforts.

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The Director

Cindy Bustillo, MBA

cbustillo@ffcmh.org

202.679.0452

Los Angeles, CA

Cindy Bustillo is the second and current Director of Youth MOVE National. Cindy leads the organization's administrative tasks, such as fundraising, outreach, and sustainability.

Cindy Bustillo, MBA has been working with youth and families for over 10 years now, since she was a youth herself. The majority of her experience has been with emotional, behavioral, and mental health afflicted youth and families. Her personal interest originally stemmed from having a sister with bipolar disorder, another sister with depression and anxiety, and a brother with ADHD; all of whom diagnosed in their teenage years and faced with obstacles as a result.

Cindy faced her own struggles to overcome depression and anxiety from juvenile justice involvement, as a young victim of domestic violence, and as a youth fighting with obesity and health problems. She also faced other barriers as a first-generation youth to divorced immigrant parents. Despite the odds and finding motivation in her desire to better her own future and those of other youth like herself and her siblings, she overcame her juvenile justice issues, sought mental health services, lost over 100 pounds, and attained a Bachelor of Science in Family Studies from the University of Maryland in 2006 as well as a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Non-Profit Management in 2009, the first in her family to do so, and she did it all on her own.

Currently, Cindy serves as the Director of Youth MOVE National, a subsidiary of the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. She has led positive development groups, served as a mentor, developed trainings, workshops, keynote speeches, and taught leadership skills directly to youth, families, and professionals. She credits her evolving passion and desire to work for youth on the vast training and learning she has received from family, youth, and advocacy organizations nationwide.  The different lessons she has learned, and now assists others in learning, range from cultural competence, child and adolescent needs and strengths, training on youth engagement and empowerment, managing school violence, immigration, youth and gangs, social activism, developing youth groups, prevention and intervention, and much more. Cindy looks forward to continuing learning from youth, families, and professionals; while doing her part to educate and empower our youth and families who desire to use their voices for positive personal and systematic change.

Cindy joined the cause in April of 2010.

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The Assistant

Corey Brown

cbrown@ffcmh.org

240.403.1901

Rockville, MD

Corey Brown is the current assistant and works closely with Cindy Bustillo on administrative tasks assigned to the organization. Corey also maintains, in conjunction with youth, the Youth MOVE National website. Corey has a background in communications which he lends to developing new resources and tools for youth. Corey joined the cause in November 2009.

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The Policy Person

Eric Lulow

elulow@ffcmh.org

240.403.1901

Rockville, MD

Eric Lulow currently works as the Youth Involvement Associate for the National Federation, but he works closely with Youth MOVE National on advocacy efforts and helps to develop new materials on sustaining a youth group's voice. Eric has extensive background experience in public speaking and strategic sharing.

"My name is Eric Lulow and I am the Youth Involvement Associate for the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, and Spokesperson for Youth M.O.V.E. National. I hold a bachelors degree in Social Work from Middle Tennessee State University. In addition to my professional involvement working with youth that have experienced systems, I also have many years experience being one. I’m an Alumnus of the foster care and mental health systems. I spent eight years in foster care before being adopted at the age of fifteen. I had a failed adoption and lived with various relatives and friends until I finished high school and went to college. I was homeless at the age of eighteen and through the support of my community I was able to finish college with my degree. During my time in school I became involved in youth voice advocacy work, and I have continued in that work ever since."

He joined the cause in November 2009