Eddie Reyes , Jerome County, Idaho Juntos
Dr. Crystal Chen Lee
Eduardo (Eddie) Reyes is the Juntos 4-H Program Coordinator in Jerome, Idaho. He has been a coordinator for about four years. In his first year, he worked with a cohort of 42 youth and is now working with 81 students in eighth through eleventh grades. The Juntos 4-H Club component is slightly different from others around the nation because it is an elective class at the high school. Students receive one credit for every semester they take the Juntos 4-H class. This allows for an intense level of skill building, leadership development, and academic success coaching to take place. He is grateful for the support of his program manager, Gretchen Manker; the 4-H Coordinator, Tina Miller; and the assistant Juntos coordinator, Marcela Contreras. Contreras is also a Juntos parent. He also credits Jerome School District for allowing him to work with this program.
Dr. Crystal Chen Lee is an assistant professor of English Education in the College of Education at North Carolina State University. Her research lies at the nexus of literacy, teacher education, community engagement, and marginalized youth. She is also the founding director and principal investigator of The Literacy and Community Initiative (LCI), a collaboration between the College of Education and The Friday Institute of Educational Innovation that partners with youth- serving community organizations to examine and empower youth voices. Juntos NC has been a long-standing partner with LCI, and she is passionate about amplifying the stories and voices of Latino youth in NC. Dr. Lee began teaching as a high school English teacher in New Jersey and a literacy instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Montclair State University. She has also served as an International Leadership Fellow in the United States Congress and an education intern at International Justice Mission, a non-profit global organization partnering with local justice systems to end violence against people living in poverty. Dr. Lee is also a Faculty Fellow of the Friday Institute of Educational Innovation and an NCSU Community-Engaged Fellow. She received her Ed.D. from Columbia University.
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