Patricia McClendon

Patricia McClendon (she/her) joined Housing Action Illinois as an AmeriCorps VISTA Leader in 2024. Before becoming a an AmeriCorps VISTA Leader, she completed multiple years of service with Literacy Volunteers of Illinois, working in Adult literacy programs at Anixter Center, Chinese Mutual Aid Association, and Literacy Chicago. She coordinated programs that provide tutors for students with disabilities and in ESL or classes. She has taught, tutored, and assisted students of different ages, backgrounds, disabilities, and nationalities, and she was a member of a team that created the incoming Teachers’ Curriculum.

She has a BA in Sociology from Southern New Hampshire University. Her background includes housing, medical and human services, and, of course, education. She really enjoys working to help empower others and assist them to achieve their goals. Her motto is to never stop learning!