Robert Davalos

Robert came to The Other Side Academy after an incredibly successful tenure at The Delancey Street Foundation where he ran the New York Facility for the last decade. Hailing from Delancey headquarters in San Francisco, he ran multiple departments before being entrusted to steer the New York "Castle" in the right direction. There, he was responsible for a wildly successful moving company, rapidly growing tree lots, an expanded retail sales division as well as food service, construction, and intake/legal/finance. Additionally, Robert crafted robust relationships with the community - including multiple judges, prosecutors, and community influencers. Under his leadership, the population of that facility and its success rates flourished.

Prior to Delancey, few would have predicted Robert's success. Born into a family where criminal activity was the norm, he was a career criminal before his pre-teens and learned early on that his place in the world was behind bars or stuck in cycles of crime and drug use. He never imagined that he would be trusted with the well-being of so many, or that he would go on to save more lives than he had ruined.

While Robert served as a facilitator at Delancey Street New York, he developed close bonds with a myriad of successful graduates, many of which moved on to become staff members at The Academy. He is thrilled to join his former comrades and students in Salt Lake City, continuing his mission to save the lives of anyone willing to try something different.