Language and Culture Division Staff

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Language and Culture Division Staff

Name	Phone	Email	Title	Duties
Valtierrez, Mayra	(505) 231-1140	Mayra.Valtierrez@ped.nm.gov	Senior Manager	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	Manager	LCD Operations; Data Reporting and Desktop Monitoring; Technical Assistance and Focused Monitoring Visits
Valdez, Damian	(505) 372-9750	Damian.Valdez@ped.nm.gov	Financial Analysis Specialist	Federal Fiscal Lead; Title III and Title I Part C; Requests for Reimbursement; Preapprovals, Amendments and BARs; Data Management and Analysis
Contreras, Carlos	(505) 372-8914	Carlos.Contreras@ped.nm.gov	Title III and Migrant Education Programs (MEP) Specialist	Title III Applications; and Title I Part C Applications; Title I Part C Data and Reporting
Maes, Michelle	(505) 699-2622	Michelle.Maes@ped.nm.gov	Business Operations Analyst	General Inquiries; State Fiscal Lead; Administrative Support for Senior Manager; BMEAC Clerical Support
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) Data Reviews; BMEP Program Improvement Plans
Block, Catalina	(505) 819-9005	Catalina.Block@ped.nm.gov	Bilingual Multicultural Education Program Specialist	BMEP Applications; Spanish Language Arts Standards; BMEP Annual Reporting; BMEP Waivers
Aguilar, Elena	(505) 372-9458	Elena.Aguilar@ped.nm.gov	Multilingual Specialist	Identification of English Learners; Implementation of EL Programs; EL Data Reviews; English Language Proficiency Screeners
Vacant			Multicultural Education Specialist	Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Instruction; Equity Council Support Hub