Center Staff

Grace Valenzuela
Director
valeng@portlandschools.org
207-874-8135 ext . 7801

Timothy Cronin
Make It Happen! Coordinator
cronit@portlandschools.org
207-874-8135

Nanette Dyer Blake
Community Outreach and Development Specialist
blaken@portlandschools.org
207-842-4657

Jenifer Turkewitz
Intake Coordinator
turkej@portlandschools.or g
207-874-8135 ext. 7805

Blanca Santiago
Social Worker
santib@portlandschools.org
207-874-8135 ext. 7832

Jen Dorval
Family Intake Specialist
dorvaj@portlandschools.org
207-874-8135 ext. 7831

Emily Hall Greeley
Intake Assessment Specialist
greele@portlandschools.org
207-874-8135 ext. 7807

Linda Ward
Language Acquisition Specialist
wardl@portlandschools.org
207-874-8135

Maureen Clancy
Language Access Coordinator
clancm@portlandschools.org
207-874-8135 ext. 7812

Jeanna Best
Secretary
bestj@portlandschools.org
207-874-8135 ext. 7806

Edward Laboke
Parent Community Specialist (Acholi)
laboke@portlandschools.org
207-842-4649

Ahmed Jasim
Parent Community Specialist (Arabic)
jasima@portlandschools.org
207-842-4649

Rihab Al Touma
Parent Community Specialist (Arabic)
altour@portlandschools.org
207-842-4642

Josephine Bizimana
Parent Community Specialist (French, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili)
bizimj@portlandschools.org
207-842-4648

Monique Mutumwinka
Parent Community Specialist (French, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Lingala, Swahili)
mutumm@portlandschools.org
207-842-7822

Pirun Sen
Parent Community Specialist (Khmer)
senp@portlandschools.org
207-842-4641

Nana Kanjinga
Parent Community Specialist (Lingala, French)
kanjin@portlandschools.org
207-842-4645

Berthelley Despacho
Parent Community Specialist (Portuguese)
despab@portlandschools.org
207-842-4646

Betsy Paz-Gyimesi
Parent Community Specialist (Spanish)
pazgyb@portlandschools.org
207-874-4639

Shamso Farah
Parent Community Specialist (Somali)
farahs@portlandschools.org
207-842-4643

Thuy Nguyen Sullivan
Parent Community Specialist (Vietnamese)
sullit@portlandschools.org
207-842-4647

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