Zachary W. “Zach” Filtz will be serving as the VISTA Resource Coordinator in coordination with the Virginia Housing Alliance. He will be serving at Bay Aging in Urbanna, Virginia. Zach enters this term after seeing the struggles of people after working on a string of political campaigns. After having previously run for office and coming to better understand the mantra of serving people through those experiences, he knew he wanted to continue “serving people” in some capacity.
He graduated college in 2016 with his Bachelor’s in English with the Journalism concentration from California University of Pennsylvania, but due to lack of demand for newspaper writing, he pivoted to working on political campaigns after writing short news articles for a nearby paper for a while after moving to VA.
Zach enjoys seeing tangible results from helping people. This is especially true when it comes to serving neglected communities.Zach chose this site because he enjoys helping people maintain housing security. He was moved after viewing Bay Aging’s video about them helping a client move out of her house due to such severe conditions that snakes had moved into her bedroom. Zach hopes that this term of service will give him valuable hands-on experience in the human services field.
Originally both from near Pittsburgh, Pa., Zach has lived in rural King George County since 2017 with his wife, Shannon, and their cat, Charlie. He enjoys serving rural communities, reading nonfiction, cars, watching drive-in movies and participating in weekend trips with his wife as well as with friends. He has previously served on the L.E. Smoot Library Board of Trustees, and has volunteered with various VBS games programs at his church, as well as litter pick-up events in the county as well.