Carrika Washington

Wayne Street/Howell Unit Director

Carrika Washington joined the team as Wayne Street Program Director during the summer of 2016. She was first introduced to the Club as a Club parent – her son Chase has attended the Club since Kindergarten. Carrika became Program Outcomes Director for our Clubhouse sites in April 2019 before being promoted to Wayne Street/Randolph Howell Unit Director in October 2019.

In the 2019, Carrika helped with receiving the Program Excellence Award for our SMART Girls program. Carrika loves having the annual SMART Girls Conference with our Club members.

In 2019 Carrika was also trained, tested, and certified as an External Assessor of youth program quality through the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality and the Nashville After Zone Alliance. Carrika is also a certified Tier 2 National Trainer, a Methods trainer, and a Mental Health First Aid certified trainer.

When she isn’t working at the Club, she enjoys being with her family, traveling to different states, and eating at fancy restaurants.