Jay Beeks

Co-Founder
Director of School Operations

Jarzzale was born and raised in San Diego, CA where as a child he participated
in sports including football, basketball, baseball, and soccer. He quickly fell in
love with the sport of football and pursued it full time in high school. At the high
school level, Jarzzale excelled at the sport of football earning first team all league
honors in his sophomore-senior seasons. He was also named a scholar-athlete
his junior season, league player of the year his senior season, and named to the
first team all CIF team. It was during his college years where Jarzzale discovered
his true passion of working with children. He started working in after school
programs, and then moved on to teach physical education through a national
non-profit dedicated to safe and inclusive play. He has helped structure recesses,
start and run a successful junior leadership program, coach in 6 different sports
leagues every year, and run his own after school program. He has worked in
non-profits and served as a community leader in San Jose, ca for 15 years now.
Jarzzale has a passion for helping others and inspiring youth to pursue their
dreams. Along with helping Co-found Little Heroes “Coach Jay” (as he is known to
his students) has mentored, Trained ( off season sports training), and kept
relationships with students families to ensure students stay on track even after
leaving the program. Jarzzale’s goal is to help little heroes become a nationally
recognized Organization, and help as many students as possible across the
USA.