Meet Our Founder
Kylee Lolla
Founder and CEO of A Trú Place
Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist | Community Counselor | Psychology and Sociology Student.
Kylee Lolla is a mother, advocate, entrepreneur, and community leader who transformed her lived experience into service for others.
After experiencing poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, housing instability, and the challenges of rebuilding while raising her children, Kylee recognized that families often need more than temporary assistance. They need encouragement, practical guidance, trusted connections, and someone who understands what it means to begin again.
Her Story
Kylee experienced periods of homelessness and housing instability resulting from life transitions, financial hardship, relationship challenges, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout those seasons, she continued working, pursuing growth, caring for her children, and searching for a path toward lasting stability.
During a pivotal cross-country journey with her children, after sharing a meal and realizing they had no place to rest, Kylee spoke the words that would later become the foundation of her work:
“I wish I had a true place to call home.”
That moment helped shape the vision for A Trú Place—but her desire to serve others began long before then.
At five years old, while volunteering alongside her mother at the Clara White Mission in Jacksonville, Florida, Kylee declared that one day she would build housing for families experiencing homelessness.
Years later, that childhood compassion, combined with her own lived experience, became a commitment to helping mothers and families move beyond survival and toward stability, dignity, and self-sufficiency.
Kylee founded A Trú Place to provide the type of support she knew families deserved: compassionate peer support, practical resources, trusted community connections, family-strengthening programs, and opportunities to begin again without judgment or shame.
Leadership & Experience
Kylee is a certified community counselor and is currently pursuing advanced education in clinical therapy, with the goal of becoming a licensed clinical therapist and continuing toward clinical psychology or psychiatry. She is also an entrepreneur, having successfully built and operated a property management and cleaning company specializing in vacation rentals for over five years, beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kylee currently serves as a board member for Ascencia, a homeless services organization in Glendale, California—where she was once a client. Her leadership reflects a full-circle journey from receiving support to helping guide and govern services for others. Her background includes experience in healthcare, as well as studies in marketing, equipping her with a unique ability to combine compassion, strategy, and community impact. She is also actively involved in community engagement through her church, contributing to outreach efforts that support families and strengthen local communities.
Her Philosophy
Kylee believes true support must extend beyond temporary assistance. Families deserve practical tools, trusted relationships, consistent encouragement, and opportunities that help them create lasting change.
She is committed to building pathways that help women move toward healing, stability, confidence, and self-sufficiency while strengthening their families and creating healthier futures for their children.
Her personal philosophy:
“Self-worth is self first,” serves as a foundation of her work—encouraging women to recognize their value and prioritize their healing, growth, and long-term well-being.
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Why She Leads
Kylee believes families should not be judged by the hardest season of their lives. They should have access to support that respects their dignity, recognizes their strength, and helps them move forward with practical tools and trusted relationships.
A Trú Place is more than an organization—it is the result of lived experience, vision, and a commitment to ensuring that no woman or family has to navigate life’s challenges alone.
“Where you start does not have to determine where you finish.”
—Kylee Lolla