Family Resource Center Coordinator
Elvira J. Paguada-Gutierrez
Coordinator | elvira.paguada@jefferson.kyschools.us
502.890.0737--BHFRC Office (Call or Text)
Hello & Welcome to the Bloom/Hawthorne Family Resource Center!
I am honored to be able to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Elvira Paguada-Gutierrez and I have the privilege of being the Coordinator of the BHFRC. The Center serves students and families at both Bloom Elementary and Hawthorne Elementary, and my role is to help students and families eliminate barriers to education.
If you ever find yourself in need of assistance with school supplies, mental health counseling resources and/or referrals, tutoring services, help with health care needs to support your student and families, please do not hesitate to reach out, I mean that!
My office door is always open, and although I split my time between two schools, please feel free to reach out whenever necessary. The Center’s hours are 8:30 am-4:30 pm. You are also welcome to call me or text me at 502.890.0737, you may leave a private message and I will return your call as soon as possible. You may also reach me via email at elvira.paguada@jefferson.kyschools.us.
I look forward to working with your student and families!
About Me
I was born and raised in San Jose, California to parents who immigrated from Honduras in the 1980s. I was the first in my family to attend college, The University of California, Los Angeles, GO BRUINS!, where I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Sociology with a Minor in Latin American Studies. I'm married to my high school sweetheart, Israel, and we have 2 wonderful kiddos, Elliana, 6, & Illias, 4. We are huge Raiders, Warriors, A's, and Sharks fans! We share our lives with 2 dogs, Troy & Sparta, and a cat, Titan. Cooking, reading, and spending time with our families are some of my favorite pastimes, as well as continuing to further my education to be of service to others.
What do you wish people knew about FRYSC?
The FRYSC program and coordinators are very well known for helping with a clean change of clothes or needed school supplies at the beginning of the year, but we can and do offer so much more.
I wish people would expect and seek services and help from our centers the same way everyone expects teachers to teach. Services such as securing food for our families who may be going through an unexpected dilemma or connecting families to after-school childcare programs or opportunities of spending time together as a family during family night events.
I truly believe what Cesar Chavez, an American labor leader, community organizer, and Latino American civil rights activist said to be true, “We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.”
Messages that Inspire me
"When you know better, do better" - Maya Angelou
