Juawana Grant serves as Deputy Administrator of Housing Programs for Nevada Housing Division. She came to this role with over 15 years in the nonprofits sector from homeless services to statewide capacity-building and advocacy to advance affordable housing in Nevada. Her years providing direct services and tenancy support to chronically unhoused individuals fostered an impassioned commitment to the affordable housing movement, and Housing First models in particular. Juawana has a B.A. in Cultural Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies from the University of British Columbia Okanagan. She started her career in nonprofits at the Jean Nidetch Women’s Center at UNLV and is thrilled to be back home in Las Vegas making herself useful to the community that raised her.