Meet the team

Louise El Yaafouri لويز اليعفوري

Founder, Principal Consultant & Author

Ruby Freyre Perez (Spanish/English)

Denver Site Administrator

Razia Kishtgar

Dari/Pashto Lead Navigator- Colorado Springs

Bridget Guerrero

Colorado Springs Administrator,

Founder/ED, One World Quest

Spanish, French, Portugese

Parwiz Negah

Dari/Pashto Lead Navigator- Denver Metro

Lauren Funai (French/English)

Lead Project Manager, Curriculum Designer

Julie Garbus

Instructor- Colorado Springs

Felix Ngabo (5 languages)

Cultural Liaison, Central/East Africa

Angela Albarran (Spanish/English)

Instructor- Colorado Springs

Also made possible through program, staffing, and volunteer partnerships with One World Quest, Welcome COS and Rocky Mountain SER!

Program Instructors & Advisors

Amy Schulte, Mental Health & Culinary Connections Lead. Learn more about Welcome COS here!

Amina Rezai- Community Advisor

Armando Piniche Rosales- Advisor/Community Expert

Betsy Acree-McClenahan- Community Partnerships, Youth Programming

Donna Kushner- ELA instructional support. Learn more about Welcome COS here!

Hlaing Mo Than- Burmese Advisor

Karen Ahumada- Program design and efficacy guide

One World Quest Learn more about One World Quest here!

Sediqa Sediqi- Aghan Advisor

Sabira Marike- Contract Curriculum/Instruction Expert