Staff

Designated Professional Educator Workforce

We appreciate the Southwest Regional Education Collaborative for its partnership and supporting the DLeNM mission and strategic plan.

Michael Rodríguez

Excecutive Director
michael@dlenm.org

Lisa Meyer

Director of Instructional Equity
lisa@dlenm.org

José "Azul" Cortés

Director of Heritage Languages
azul@dlenm.org

Leslie Sánchez

Director of Business and Development
leslie@dlenm.org

Melanie Gatewood

Director of Operations
melanie@dlenm.org

Caia Brown

Project Coordinator for OCDE Project GLAD®
caia@dlenm.org

Evelyn Chávez

Project Coordinator for CLAVES™ and AIM4S3™
evelyn@dlenm.org

Natalie Olague

Project Coordinator
natalie@dlenm.org

Yanira Gurrola Valenzuela

Project Coordinator
yanira@dlenm.org

Loretta Booker

Project Coordinator
loretta@dlenm.org

Patrick Werito

Project Coordinator of Tribal Initiatives
patrick@dlenm.org

Tatiana Gurulé

Project Coordinator 
tatiana@dlenm.org

Diana Pinkston-Stewart

Professional Development Coordinator 
diana@dlenm.org

Kavita Krishna

Professional Development Coordinator 
kavita@dlenm.org

Emilio Barraza

IT & Conference Manager
emilio@dlenm.org

Ruth Kriteman

Lead Editor
ruth@dlenm.org

David Rogers

La Cosecha Conference Organizer
david@dlenm.org

Jill Hutson

Conference Assistant
jill@dlenm.org

Tamaya Toulouse

Program Finance Manager
tamaya@dlenm.org

Kaylene Kuticka

Finance Assistant
kaylene@dlenm.org

Mónica Barraza

Travel Coordinator
monica@dlenm.org

Daniel Ávila