#Thursdaytalks with Dr. Patsy Tito of Samoan Community Development Center

Tune in as we welcome Dr. Tito, Class 2015 San Francisco alumni, and learn more about her leadership, the work of the Samoan Community Development Center, and the power of community-driven change.

📅 Thursday, November 12, 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM PST
📍 Join us LIVE!

About Dr. Patsy:
Dr. Patsy Tito is a native San Franciscan, born and raised. She has been serving the Samoan and Pacific Islander communities for 30 years at the Samoan Community Development Center (SCDC) in the Southeast Sector of San Francisco, providing cultural and innovative programming and services to ensure that the Samoan Culture is thriving and strong for the next generation and generations to come. She has been a case manager, counselor, facilitator, a therapist, and is the Executive Director at SCDC.

Patsy’s accomplishments and years of service continue to bring the Pacific Islander communities together so that the voices of her community are heard and her Samoan people are seen in spaces that are positive and inspiring. Patsy earned her Associate in Arts Degree at City College of San Francisco in Criminal Justice, Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from San Diego State University, earned her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology with the emphasis of Community Mental Health at the California Institute of Integral Studies and earned her PhD in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University.

A Samoan Proverb that says, “O le Ala i le Pule o le Tautua,” “The Path to Leadership is to Serve.” We are here on this earth to serve and not be served. 

Learn more about Samoan Community Development Center: https://www.scdcsf.org/