Lorena Puga Bernaden Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

New community choice energy program in San Diego - representing San Diego, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Encinitas, and the County (unincorporated).

San Diego, California, United States

• Serve as a means of communication between English and Spanish for families about their children's school information, as well as to district policies, procedures, and community services. Provide service to low-income communities.• Interpret and translate in legal, health, education, and government scenarios• Use in person, telephone, video or internet-based technologies to interpret and translate for individuals/groups.

San Diego County, California, United States

• Facilitate a nine-week workshop for parents at schools throughout the San Diego County.• Empower and inspire parents of K-12 school age children to take an active role in encouraging and enabling their children to post-secondary education and academic success.• Attend weekly workshops and meetings to maintain information current.• Enable parents to develop healthy and constructive relationships with students, teachers, and counselors.• Report and track parent attendance to central office.• Make weekly phone calls and reminders for parents to attend workshops.• Prepare and study all material to deliver information accurately.• Motivate parents to become involved in the parent engagement programs at their children’s school and community.• Educate parents to strengthen parent-school collaboration.

San Diego Unified School Distrcit

• Serve as a means of communication between English and Spanish for families about their children's school information, as well as to district policies, procedures, and community services. Provide service to low-income communities.• Interpret and translate in legal, health, education, and government scenarios• Use in person, telephone, video or internet-based technologies to interpret and translate for individuals/groups.

• Assist the CAC Family Director to engage parents and families in the creation and support of a college-going culture aimed at increasing student graduation and college-preparedness• Experience working with elementary, middle and high school first generation families from low income communities with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds• Supports school counselors in organizing parent presentations on college admission requirements to include A-G requirements, GPA calculation, California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), SAT and ACT entrance tests, college readiness tests, scholarships, financial aid planning, and AB-540 information• Assists parents with at-risk students to monitor academic progress and discuss appropriate support services • Organizes field trips to local universities and community colleges for parents and student

Greater San Diego Area

• Serve as point of contact for all GEAR UP (GU) staff.• Coordination of logistics and planning of GEAR UP events including but not limited to program planning, transportation, lodging, meals, and aide in the development of press release packets and media. • Support program Advisors and Tutors to help run events efficiently.• Assist the Fiscal Specialist with preparing SDSURF purchasing forms, invoicing, cash advances, and reimbursements, ordering of supplies, materials, furniture, and reservations for events as needed, record keeping and other clerical duties as directed by the Program Director and Fiscal Specialist. • Managing the printing and production for program trainings, promotional material, brochures, and any other documents needed.• Maintain print and electronic archives of all program reports and data entry.• Work as a team with other GEAR UP staff on the daily operations of the program office including photocopying, faxing, mail pick-up and delivery. • Assist Evaluation Director and Program Director in retrieving student information from SDUSD PowerSchool.

Certificate Of Completion, Negotiation Mastery

Bachelor’S Degree, Spanish Interpreting And Translating

Member of EOP