Latinx Family Advocacy Program
The Latinx Family Advocacy Program supports families navigate the school system and connects families with community resources. The program supports students and families in a culturally positive way through the leadership of our Asociación de padres Latinos del condado de East Pierce (Latinx Parent Leadership). Program staff are bilingual and work within the school, community and directly with youth and their families.
Our program has a diverse engagement opportunity for families and students through our volunteer and internship opportunities within the school and community, one-on-one support for students and families, family nights, parenting classes, summer STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) camps and through multiple collaborations with our diverse group of partners in Sumner Bonney-Lake, White River and Orting School District, and other Pierce County partners.
For more information, please contact Arely Dominguez Maya at amaya@psesd.org or 253-778-7880.
We offer:
- Volunteer and internship opportunities within the schools and community
- 1:1 support for students and families
- Group events for youth and families
- Connect families to community resources
- Services to East Pierce County, especially in the Sumner-Bonney Lake, Orting and White River School Districts.
Latinx Family Advocacy News
October 26, 2023- Arely Dominguez Maya was one of five individuals to be awarded 2023 Champions for Children recipient. She was recognized for her “commitment to building systems and programs that support all children and families, especially those impacted by systemic oppression”. …her “extraordinary ability to make children and families feel encouraged, uplifted, and supported” in Pierce County. Champions for Children is part of the Pierce County Early Childhood Network in correlation with First5fundmentals.
November 15, 2023 - Latinx Family Advocacy Program was acknowledge by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District for our hard work and dedication for Sumner-Bonney Lake Latinx students. In collaboration with KBTC-PBS, together we offered bilingual and bicultural support to our Latinx students to build bridges between families and our schools. The district thanked Latinx Family Advocate Arely Dominguez-Maya and Liz Chick (PSESD) and Sherri Stanton, Alma Elias Trujillo and Violeta Larin (KBTC) for our masterful work in creating parent groups, student programs and events that build a sense of community and belonging.
