Distribucion de Alimentos Latinxs de Otoño
🌈¡Nuestra distribución de alimentos de otoño comenzará (los lunes) el 17 de octubre hasta el 19 de diciembre (solamente para registros preexistentes)! ✨Lunes, Octubre 17, 24, 31 ✨Lunes, Noviembre […]
🌈¡Nuestra distribución de alimentos de otoño comenzará (los lunes) el 17 de octubre hasta el 19 de diciembre (solamente para registros preexistentes)! ✨Lunes, Octubre 17, 24, 31 ✨Lunes, Noviembre […]
🌈12-Day Giveaway Raffle Lake B - Alimentando - Yes Foundation ☀️Enter to win amazing baskets, events, and prizes while supporting three organizaitons: Alimentando Al Pueblo, Yes! Foundation of white Center, […]
🎊¡Vengan a celebrar con nosotros en La Posada! El evento va ser para el sábado, 3 de diciembre 2022 de las 12 PM a 4 PM.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ 📍Estaremos localizados en Lake Burien Presbyterian Church: 15003 14th Ave SW⠀ Burien, WA 98166⠀⠀ ⠀ 🪅Habrá música de Seattle Fandango Project, un taller para de piñatas por Amano […]
🌈 ¡Bienvenidos al nuevo año! Tendremos una única distribución de comida el 30 de enero. No habrá nuevas inscripciones. Nuestra distribución mensual de tarjetas para supermercados locales comenzará los últimos […]
¡Nos sentimos muy emocionadxs presentar nuestros eventos del festival de 2023! Mercado Sábado, 15 de abril 12 PM a 5 PM Lake Burien Presbyterian church 15003 14th ave SW […]
🎊 ¡Vengan a celebrar con nosotros en La Flor de Primavera! El evento va ser para el sábado, 13 de Mayo 2023 de la 1 PM a 5 PM.⠀⠀ 📍Estaremos […]
🎉 El Tianguis 🌈 ¡Celebren con nosotros nuestro Tercero aniversario! 🗓️ 15 de Julio de las 12 PM a 4 PM 📍 Lake Burien Presbyterian Church ✨ En el estacionamiento […]
🌈 Our 2024 Distributions 🌻 Distributing Vouchers: Mondays 💐 For Community Orientations Participants. 📆 Mondays: ✨ Feb. 26th ✨ March 25th ✨ April 22nd ✨ May 28th (Tues. after Holiday) ✨ June 24th 🌽 Schedule 💫 11 AM: […]
🌈 Distribuciones de 2024 🌻 Distribución de Cupones: Los Lunes 💐 Para Participantes De Nuestras Orientaciones Comunitarias 📆 Los Lunes: ✨ Febrero 26 ✨ Marzo 25 ✨ Abril […]
🌈 Nuevo Programa de Comida ☀️ Programa de Alimentación de Emergencia: Los Jueves 🍎 Este nuevo programa es para personas que NO ASISTIERON a la orientación Y viven en […]
🌈 New Food Program ☀️ Emergency Food Program: Thursdays 🍎 This new program is for people who did not attend the orientation AND live in our service area. If […]
¡Nos sentimos muy emocionadxs presentar nuestros eventos del festival de 2024! Mercado 🌹¡Celebra el cumpleaños de La Reina en nuestros eventos de Bidi Bidi Bom Bash 2024! Para empezar la […]
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Enrique Gonzalez is a Racial Equity Planner for King County Hazardous Waste who has been a social justice advocate for many years. He has worked at the Seattle Office of Police Accountability as a Community Engagement Specialist where he focused on developing relationships with community members and facilitated access to the police accountability process. Before that he worked as a Community Advocate and Commissioner on the Seattle Community Police Commission. Enrique traces his roots to the peaceful occupation of El Centro de la Raza, an organization dedicated to race and social justice through advocacy and programing, which his grandmother and father were a part of and where he grew up and worked for 11 years.
Enrique has a degree in American Ethnic Studies (Chicano Studies) from the University of Washington and he speaks Spanish fluently. He also grew up training in Hung Gar Kung Fu which he continues to practice. In his spare time, he enjoys working on his car which he takes to the track from time to time.
Susana Contreras-Mendez joined ESG in 2022 to support its Post-secondary Attainment portfolio. Prior to joining ESG, Susana was an Associate Learning and Impact Officer at Ascendium Education, where she worked in partnership with the philanthropic team to measure its performance and to support collective learning about its strategy and operations. Previously, she was a researcher at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a policy think tank in Washington, D.C. She conducted research on strategies to increase upward mobility for families, with a particular focus on the post-secondary experiences of student parents.
Other professional experiences include interning at Lumina Foundation and directly supporting low-income families through nonprofit and government programs. Outside of ESG, Susana serves on the board of Alimentando al Pueblo, a non-profit working to promote healing through comunidad, comida, and celebración (community, food, and celebration).
As a former Head Start child, first-generation college graduate, and TRiO Alum, Susana has firsthand knowledge of education’s transformational benefits. Susana holds a Master of Higher Education degree with a concentration in Diversity and Social Justice from the University of Michigan and a dual bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in Sociology and American Ethnic Studies with a minor in Education, Learning, and Society.