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
Family Welcome Center/Student Registration Team
Jenifer Turkewitz
Intake Coordinator
turkej@portlandschools.org
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 ext. 7819
Language Access Team
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
207-842-4645
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
207-874-8135 ext. 4638
Pirun Sen
Parent Community Specialist (Khmer)
senp@portlandschools.org
207-842-4641
Nana Kanjinga
Parent Community Specialist (Lingala, French)
kanjin@portlandschools.org
207-842-4629
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