Rose Padilla Johnson is the CEO of The Davis Street Community Center, San Leandro, an organization she has worked with since 1991. There, Rose Padilla, along with other employees and volunteers, works to improve the lives of low-income communities in Alameda county. The Davis Street Community Center caters to thousands of people each year in San Leandro to meet their primary needs.

The Davis Street Community Center was formed in 1972 by the First Christian Church of San Leandro. It is a non-profit organization that seeks to provide emergency support services to low-income families and affordable child care through various strategic programs.

The Davis Street Child Service Program works by helping parents find quality and affordable child care for their children and assisting in paying for them. It also has four child development centers in San Leandro, located in Lakeside, Garfield, Roosevelt, and Jefferson. The organization also has a primary care clinic that provides medical services for people of all ages, with a diverse and attentive team.

The Basic Needs program seeks to meet the immediate needs of low-income individuals by providing free food, clothing, assistance with housing information, affordable household items, emergency transportation assistance, and several other services. The developmental disabilities services is a Davis Street program that helps improve the lives of persons living with disabilities.

Davis Street’s primary mission is to help the less fortunate, and to do this; it implements certain values in its services. It prioritizes treating individuals with compassion and respect and appreciating the cultural and linguistic differences of the clients and volunteers. The organization also focuses on being client-driven, accessible, and responsive.