Tuesday, March 22, 2011

THINK Together Hires Parent Education Director in Santa Ana

SPOTLIGHT
New Hire

Maria Paez-Jimenez has been hired as THINK Together’s Parent Education Trainer. In addition to offering parenting classes and workshops at 7 schools in Santa Ana, Maria also connects parents to resources and serves as a liaison between the community and the school. The classes themselves focus on themes such as self-esteem, communication, anger management and parenting skills.

She has been a part of the Santa Ana community for over 20 years and her children have all gone through SAUSD.

Maria started as a student in Healthy Tomorrows, a school based parenting program supported by the County of Orange. She was immediately drawn to the changes it made in her own life that she decided to finish the 6 month course and become a leader in the program.

Maria has tremendous passion for the community and has always wanted to improve the lives of her community members. Prior to her work with parents she worked as a nurse where she noted many families needed emotional support as well as physical support for well being. We are excited to have Maria as part of the THINK Together team.

You can reach Maria at mjimenez@thinktogether.org , 714 543-3807 ext. 8179 or her mobile phone: 714-417-6214
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1 comment:

Joevanie Lopez said...

Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication! Mari has worked with over 200 families at both Heninger and Sepulveda.
Much love and respect to you, Mari.

Joevanie Lopez

Mar 23, 2011, 4:53:00 PM

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