Immigrant Liaison Resource Center
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Meet Our Team!
Katherine
Katherine Garzon was born and raised in Colombia. Currently she is a Bilingual Counselor at Veritas Academy. After graduating from Bard College, she was recruited for the Teach for America program. She worked 5 years as a special education teacher in a dual language school in Spanish Harlem. She graduated with a Masters of Bilingual School counselor from Queens College. Her goal as a counselor is to help create safe spaces for all students, and give voices to those that feel at a disadvantage due to their cultural background, economic status, or immigrant status.
Katharina
Katharina Kempf (she/ella) teaches Spanish and Latin American history at Bard High School Early College Queens (BHSECQ). She is the coordinator of Undocufriendly BHSECQ and supervisor of the Dream Team, two organizations that support (un)documented immigrant students and their families at BHSECQ. She manages the HOPE Scholarship, which provides financial assistance for undocumented BHSECQ graduates towards finishing their Bachelor's degree at their next college. She is the faculty editor of Immigrant Voices, a print magazine and blog featuring writing, art, and music about the immigrant experience from the Bard College network.
Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos (he/him) is originally from Mexico. He immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 11. After graduating from IHS at LaGuardia, he earned his B.S. and M.A. in Secondary Math and TESOL Education from Adelphi University. Currently Juan Carlos has DACA and works as a math teacher at the International High School at Union Square. He enjoys his job because he can use his personal experiences of growing up as an undocumented immigrant in NYC to connect with and help his students and their families.
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Bryan
Bryan Valencia Quimis was born in Ecuador, he is currently living in the United States for 2 years. He is an 18 year old senior at Sunset Park High School, soon to be a new student at Baruch College. He is currently bilingual in Spanish and English, obviously Spanish is his native language, but he is still learning English, he wants to improve in his new language. He likes to read, listen to music, watch anime, play volleyball, and play video games.
Jenna
First and foremost, Jenna is an educator. She began working at Sunset Park High School in Brooklyn as an ENL teacher in 2013, where she has co-taught in all subject areas. She is also the ENL Department Chair and spends time after school...
facilitating the school’s Dream Team, a club for undocumented students and their allies. She also advocates for immigrant rights in NYC schools with the Teach Dream team at the New York State Youth Leadership Council, the first undocumented, youth led organization in New York. In the fall of 2020, she will begin the PhD program in Urban Education at the Graduate Center at CUNY. When she is not teaching or doing advocacy work, she enjoys reading, running (sometimes), and staying busy with friends in Brooklyn.
Laura
Laura Pamplona is a High School ENL teacher who was born in Colombia and was raised in Queens. She obtained her associates degree in photography from Queensborough Community College and was later inspired to become a teacher...
through her work at the Queens Public Library. She obtained her bachelors from Queens College in Linguistics TESOL. She uses her experiences as an undocumented student growing up in NYC to support her students and their families as they navigate the system for the first time. In her free time Laura enjoys reading lots of books, listening to Metallica and playing with her dog and cat.