MEET OUR TEAM

  Executive

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​tere@elpasomovement.org

Tere Garcia
Executive Director

I have been involved in education for 35 years, the last 28 in BVSD as a bilingual teacher and administrator. I consider ELPASO movement as one of the best answers to the problem -Achievement and Opportunity Gap between Latino students and their Anglo counter-part, here in Boulder county.
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I have an incredible family- my two daughters, Laura and Lorena, who also work in the administration of two highly successful organizations. My husband Richard L. Garcia, educator and activist for more than 40 years. My favorite hobbies are singing, dancing, reading and traveling.

Development

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​richard@elpasomovement.org

Richard Garcia
Development Director

Richard is a 7th generation Mexican American. He was born and raised in Monte Vista, Colorado and moved to Boulder to attend the University of Colorado in 1970, and earned a Master’s in Education degree in 1978.

Richard’s passion for parent involvement in education began with his own children who were enrolled in the Boulder Valley School District.  He has founded a number of non-profits that work towards that end. He served as the executive director/founder of the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition for 38 years. He co-founded AMISTAD, LATINO TASK-FORCE and Los Padres. He is the former administrator and chair of the Community Foundation serving Boulder County. He has also served on many boards and commissions locally and statewide. He is currently a member of the Boulder Valley School’s board of education and has currently been appointed to serve on the board of trustees for the Colorado Community College System. 

Administrative 

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​​eva@elpasomovement.org

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Eva Maria Camberos
Administrative Assistant

Eva Maria Camberos is the Administrative Assistant at ELPASO. She is a first generation Mexican immigrant who came to the United States as a child, and is passionate about providing others the resources she wished her parents would have had the chance to receive when she was a child. Eva Maria is currently working towards her degree in Mechanical Engineering at Metropolitan State University of Denver while working towards helping ELPASO achieve their goal of closing the achievement gap.

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​​kelly@elpasomovement.org

Kelly Perez
Child Care Coordinator

My name is María de los Ángeles Pérez Mares (Kelly) and I was born in the city of Mexico. I am the oldest sister of the 3 siblings. I am married to to Federico Vaca and we have 4 beautiful children who is Federico of 19 years old, Christian of 13 years old, Jessica of 8 years old, and my little one Adan of 2 years old. 
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In 2005, we came to live in the United States for a better future. For the year 2009, I started to participate in the PASO (proveedoras avanzado el éxito académico) to learn about child development. In 2014, I received for the first time my CDA (Child Development Associate) degree and I continue to renew my credentials every 3 years. For 13 years, I’ve taken care of children in the comfort of my home. I have 4 years working as a coordinator of child development for the ELPASO ÉXITO and ELPASO VOZ program.

Boulder

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​​claudia@elpasomovement.org

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Claudia Sanchez
Community Organizer Boulder

My name is Claudia Sánchez Daniel. I was born in Guadalajara, México. I am happily married, and I have three children: Yarreli (17 years old), Roberto Jr. (14 years old) and Anthony (12 years old).  I have worked for ELPASO for the past 5 years as a School Readiness Coordinator and I am now serving as a Community Organizer for ELPASO VOZ.

"Education is the most powerful tool which you can use to change the world."
-Nelson Mandela

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​​patricia@elpasomovement.org

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Patricia Molina
​School Readiness Coordinator Boulder

Hi my name is Patricia Molina and I’m from Mexico. I have 3 kids, two who have already graduated from high school; one of them who is in college and the youngest one is a 10th grader in high school. I’ve lived in Boulder for 25 years. Now I work at ELPASO ÉXITO as a coordinator. I love my job because I enjoy helping people. Before this job, I worked as an assistant coordinator in family resources for the city of Boulder, at Columbine Elementary. In the future, I want to be a psychologist.


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Lafayette

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tangi@elpasomovement.org

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Tangi Lancaster
Community Organizer Lafayette 

Colorado became my permanent home in 1996, after living on both coasts in many states. I have also lived, traveled and studied in Germany and Mexico. I love to travel and learn about all cultures of the world! My husband and I have two small children that are my world. My family has hosted 15 high school exchange students from around the world and 3 international adult visitors (one German, the other 2 Ugandan). I have provided professional child care for many since 1996; worked for an exchange student organization for many years; and was a preschool community liaison for BVSD until March 2020, when I joined the phenomenal organization ELPASO. It gives me great pleasure be a community organizer and see parents and other community members become community leaders!

Join Tangi on ELPASO'S Lafayette Voz facebook page.

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​​antonia@elpasomovement.org

Antonia Florez
​School Readiness Coordinator Lafayette

My name is Antonia Flores and I am 32 years old. I am happily married and have two beautiful children. My journey through the ELPASO program as a parent was a very gratifying experience which helped me a lot in my personal life.  Most of all it helped me strengthen my relationship with my children.

​Now, I am the school readiness coordinator in Lafayette for ELPASO EXITO. Previously, I worked as an assistant nurse and this experience has helped me become a better communicator and to be more compassionate while learning to value life and health.  After this, I studied phlebotomy but it was during that time that I realized that this was not the kind of work I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I loved my profession but my heart broke every time I would see a sick person. After that, I completely changed my profession and started taking classes on cake decorating, flower arrangements and then finally I got my licence to be a manicurist. I also really enjoy being a manicurist. It relaxes me and I love seeing the happy faces of my clients when I finish my work. I love listening, talking and getting to meet new people.
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Longmont

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​​caro@elpasomovement.org

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Carolina Neri 
Community Organizer Longmont

Carolina Neri was born in Mexico City and moved with her husband to Boulder, CO in 2015. She studied Geography at the Universidad Naciona Autónoma de México, has worked on various research projects and taught courses for adaptation and resilience development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her interest in strengthening capacities in the Latino community motivated her to be part of El Paso. Her passion is swimming, in the ocean, lakes, rivers and wherever there is water. She enjoys spending time with her daughters, Marina and Sol.
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Ere Juarez
​School Readiness Coordinator Longmont

I have been a resident of Longmont for the last 22 years.  I am a community leader and trainer for a variety of programs. Right now I am a School Readiness Coordinator for Engaged Latino Parents Advancing Student Outcomes (ELPASO) and am a co-facilitator of the Program, Padres Abogando Responsablemente por el Interés De la Aptitud de la Docencia (PARIDAD).




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​​damary@elpasomovement.org

Damary Yanes
​School Readiness Coordinator Longmont

I was born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.  I am married and have two girls who are 3 and 5 years old.  I am a doctor trained in general medicine and minor surgery.  I practiced in Honduras for 5 years and I am super passionate about helping others.  
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I moved with my family to Colorado four years ago.  I have been a leader with ELPASO ÉXITO and ELPASO VOZ and I have been working for the last year as a School Readiness Coordinator for ELPASO ÉXITO in Longmont.  I love working with the Latino community and I believe that early childhood education is essential in ensuring that our children achieve academic success in all possible ways.

EN ESPAÑOL

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