Tending the Soil for California Youth
Full Circle supports youth growth by tending the conditions, around them through Mentorship, Education and Community

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Full Circle supports youth growth by tending the conditions, around them through Mentorship, Education and Community


Full Circle was founded by Martha Trujillo, a proud product of Orange County who once walked the same uncertain paths as the youth she now serves. Experiencing foster care, gang involvement, incarceration, and drug addiction. That journey from pain to purpose is the foundation of everything Full Circle stands for.

Full Circle’s mission is: To protect youth from incarceration, through mentorship, education and community

Full Circle’s Vision is to foster: Communities where kids are treated as prospects for success-not prospects for systems.

Individualized support delivered within the workshop environment.
This approach allows mentorship and light case management to occur without removing the youth from the learning environment, supporting continuity, safety and trust.
Focus Areas Include:
-One-on-one mentoring during workshop
-Real-time emotional regulation & grounding suppor
Individualized support delivered within the workshop environment.
This approach allows mentorship and light case management to occur without removing the youth from the learning environment, supporting continuity, safety and trust.
Focus Areas Include:
-One-on-one mentoring during workshop
-Real-time emotional regulation & grounding support
-Goal Check-ins, accountability, & progress tracking
-Light Case Management (Resource connection, follow-ups, incentives)
-Coordination, Coordination & Collaboration with site staff during and after workshops.

Social-emotional learning meets real-world application.
Each workshop is intentionally designed to strengthen core social-emotional & practical life skills, youth can apply in their daily lives.
Focus Areas Include:
-Emotional Regulation
-Responsible Decision-Making
-Communication
-Goal Setting
-Life Skills tied to Education, Employment and Community belonging.

Meeting basic needs while reinforcing growth.
Engagement is sustained by removing barriers to participation & reinforcing progress through tangible supports.
Supports include:
-Youth incentives tied to responsibility
-Reflection & Progress tracking
-Materials & hands-on activities
-Food, snacks, & basic needs support (As allowed by sites)
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Meeting basic needs while reinforcing growth.
Engagement is sustained by removing barriers to participation & reinforcing progress through tangible supports.
Supports include:
-Youth incentives tied to responsibility
-Reflection & Progress tracking
-Materials & hands-on activities
-Food, snacks, & basic needs support (As allowed by sites)
-Safe group settings that fosters belonging
This pillar recognizes that LEARNING cannot happen without SAFETY, STABILITY, & SUPPORT.
On May 31, Fullerton School District eighth-graders walked across an outdoor stage on the Fullerton Union High School campus to receive their certificates of promotion from administrators and board trustees while loved ones cheered them on from the stands.
For Martha Trujillo, this moment was a milestone nearly 17 years in the making.
While attending Nicolas Jr. High as an eighth-grade student in 2007, Trujillo exhibited behaviors that led to her expulsion. Anything is possible!
As a guest speaker at La Vista High school I was able to share my story to at risk high school students. When I speak I really never know whether what I say is going to spark an interest or a sense of curiosity to hear more. But I always remind myself that this is an opportunity to at least tend the soil for the seed that will be planted later. Every opportunity to speak is a chance to shed light and open eyes to see that “We are all RAZA”
Engaging workshops designed to empower youth and foster community growth, available as single workshop, single phase or complete series.

Each Full Circle workshop is a 60–90 minute experience designed to engage youth through hands-on activities, real-life conversation, and impactful reflection. These aren’t just lectures, workshops are interactive, trauma-informed, and rooted in lived experience.
Each workshop Full Circle provides food, snacks and refreshments to youth
Youth also get a Tiney Coping Skillz box.

A four phase workshop model that builds trust, skills, and measurable outcomes overtime. There are a total of 13 workshops in this pathway, each phase has 3 workshops with one workshop being Phase 0 for youth buy in. Can be requested by phase options as well.
Best for: Group homes, probation programs, foster youth services and long-term prevention-intervention efforts to deter gang-affiliation or further system involvement.

The Tending the Soil Series is where the journey begins. This powerful 5 workshop series is designed to meet youth where they are, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Through engaging activities, real conversations, and hands-on tools, students begin to explore their identity, understand the choices in front of them, and prepare the foundation for the seeds of success that will be planted later.
Explore our tailored workshops targeting identity, healing, relationships, digital respect, and more, to support youth development. Full Circle provides Free workshops to sites if needed.








Empowering talks for educators, community leaders, and youth advocates to foster safe, supportive environments. Most of Full Circle‘s Community Presentations are FREE of cost!

A powerful keynote sharing Founders personal journey through foster care, gang involvement, incarceration, and redemption and how lived experience can be used as a tool for prevention, mentorship, and systemic change.

An impactful look at how consistent mentorship and real relationships can disrupt generational trauma, reduce youth recidivism, and keep students connected to school and community. Breaking cycles of generational system involvement.

Helps staff identify silent warning signs, understand trauma responses, and shift from punitive discipline to trauma-informed intervention.

An honest, raw session for professionals on the realities of gang culture and how children are exploited into criminality. Participants are educated on survival behaviors, and the unspoken codes youth live by in order to survive street life. Participants are also given tools and techniques on how to connect without judgment.

Challenges the system to rethink who’s considered a “qualified” expert, advocating for the inclusion of credible messengers in schools, courts, and youth services.
Inspiring speeches that resonate with youth and community, rooted in real stories of resilience and hope.

Every speech is tailored to meet the tone, theme, and audience of your event. Drawing from her own lived experiences in foster care, gang culture, incarceration, and transformation, Martha shares her journey of breaking cycles and building Full Circle—an organization rooted in mentoring at-risk youth and empowering system-impacted communities.

Her storytelling is raw and relatable, infused with both pain and purpose. Through vulnerability, resilience, and truth, she inspires audiences to look deeper, care harder, and believe in the possibility of change.
Whether your audience is made up of youth, educators, social workers, or community leaders, Martha will meet them where they are—with authenticity, wisdom, and a voice that stays with you.
Please email for pricing: Martha@fullcircleorangecounty.org

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Building stronger communities starts with understanding each unique story. If you're unsure which service/workshop is right for your site. Book a consultation meeting with me. Together we’ll find the best way forward.
Martha C. Trujillo Founder & Lead Facilitator (714) 927-6352 Martha@fullcircleorangecounty.org INSTAGRAM: FullCircle_OrangeCounty
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