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Name Phone Email Title Duties
Valtierrez, Mayra (505) 231-1140 Mayra.Valtierrez@ped.nm.gov Director Language and Culture Policy; State Title III and Migrant Education Program Director; State Bilingual Multicultural Education Program Director; WIDA Lead
Reyes, Rebecca (505) 670-3781 Rebecca.Reyes2@ped.nm.gov Deputy Director LCD Operations; Data Reporting and Desktop Monitoring; Technical Assistance and Focused Monitoring Visits
Block, Catalina (505) 819-9005 Catalina.block@ped.nm.gov Multicultural Education Specialist Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Instruction; Equity Council Support Hub
Jimenez, Leah (505) 570-7787 Leah.Jimenez@ped.nm.gov Program Management Specialist Federal Fiscal Lead; Title III and Migrant Education Program (Title I Part C) Requests for Reimbursement; Data Management and Analysis; Desktop Publishing
Carlos Contreras 505-372-8914 Carlos.Contreras@ped.nm.gov Title III and Migrant Education Programs (MEP) Specialist Title III Local Plan, Immigrant Subgrants and Migrant Education Program (Title I Part C) Applications; Federal Program Preapprovals and Amendments; Migrant Education Program Data and Reporting
Maes, Michelle (505) 699-2622 Michelle.Maes@ped.nm.gov Business Operations Specialist General Inquiries; State Fiscal Lead; Clerical Support; Administrative Support for Director; BMEP Requests for Reimbursements and BARs
Barnard, Daisy (505) 699-2085 Daisy.Barnard@ped.nm.gov Bilingual Multicultural Education Program Specialist State Seal of Bilingualism-Biliteracy; World Language Instruction; Bilingual Multicultural Education Program (BMEP) Waivers; BMEP Program Improvement Plans
Avila, Carlos (505) 500-9638 Carlos.Avila@ped.nm.gov BMEP Specialist BMEP Applications; Spanish Language Arts Standards; BMEP Annual Reporting; BMEP Data Reviews; BMEP State Program Preapprovals and BARs
Chavez, Ann (505) 946-7973 Ann.Chavez@ped.nm.gov English Learner Specialist Identification of English Learners; Implementation of EL Programs; EL Data Reviews; English Language Proficiency Screeners