During her career as a science teacher and counselor at Fairfax High School, Uribe became interested in youth LGBT outreach.
She decided to form the program after hearing student concerns about a gay African-American male who had been kicked out of his family's home and dropped out of four high schools due to being sexually harassed.
[5] Project 10, Los Angeles Unified School District program, provides support services and education for gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, and questioning students.
The support groups provide a safe environment for discussing the coming out process, family relationships, harassment, and health.
According to the organization's mission statement, "[Project 10] works to assure that public schools are in compliance with state and federal laws regarding sexual orientation and gender identity, and that academic achievement should not be limited by being part of a marginalized social group.
"[7] Project 10 received backlash from conservative politician Marian La Follette in March 1988, who led the GOP caucus in voting to withhold new funds from the Los Angeles Unified School District until it stopped supporting the program.
[8] On September 24, 1990, a session to teach some San Diego Unified School District staffers how to help students with the "curiosity, depression and fear that can surround homosexuality" drew a crowd outside of about 25 people, many of whom protested the program.
[17][18] The SNM is the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history,[19] and the wall's unveiling was timed to take place during the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.