Toyna serves as the Operations Associate and Executive Assistant for JPEF. She was born and raised in Jacksonville Florida but also resided in Tampa, Florida, and Augusta, Georgia, for a short period after graduating from the illustrious Andrew Jackson High School.
Toyna has close to seventeen years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She formerly worked at the Northeast Florida Public Employees, where she was the Office Manager and Executive Assistant. During her tenure there she helped assist her colleagues and members in an administrative role. By doing so, the members working conditions were improved which brought about better conditions for the workers in ways that promoted individual, family, and community well-being. She has also worked at the Duval County Public Schools for several years where she worked in an administrative and supportive role. Her passion is to serve others and to positively contribute to society in a way that helps make the world a better place.
Toyna is very active in her community; throughout the year she helps prepare and give care packages to battered women and their children. Annually, she gives to several families during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays by preparing and giving food baskets and other essentials that are needed. She is a member of the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida and a member of the National Notary Association.
Toyna is married to her loving husband, Victor, and is a proud mother of four beautiful children. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, entertaining friends, and traveling. Soon, she plans to pursue an Associate in Arts Degree. Toyna is pleased to use her administrative and managerial skills to help JPEF fulfill its mission, which will help make a brighter & fulfilling educational system here in our city and abroad.
Email: toyna@xyschool.net