Ana G. Mendez University Hosts Thursday Job Fair

Jobseekers can pre-register online at Montgomery Works for the Nov. 8 event at Westfield Wheaton.

Part 2: Councilmember Nancy Navarro on Latino Leadership

Patch asked Montgomery County Council Vice President Nancy Navarro about her vision for Latino leadership in Wheaton and the rest of Montgomery County.

  Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro organized a Latino Civic Leadership Conference at Ana G. Mendez University on Jan. 28 for parents of MCPS students. Last week, Patch published the first part of an interview with Navarro, in which she explains how she initially became interested in building Latino leadership in Montgomery County, and how her office chose the parents who attended the invitation-only conference. Today we continue the conversation. Patch: What do you see as the intersection between the Latino and immigrant communities? The growth of the Latino  community has really been happening for the last 30 years in the county. They are the fastest growing minority group, and most interestingly, the under-18 group is the …

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Part 1: Councilmember Nancy Navarro on Latino Leadership

Patch asked Montgomery County Council Vice President Nancy Navarro about her vision for Latino leadership in Wheaton and the rest of Montgomery County.

  Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro organized a Latino Civic Leadership Conference at Ana G. Mendez University on Jan. 28 for parents of MCPS students. Patch interviewed her earlier this week about how she first became interested in building Latino leadership in Montgomery County, and how her office chose the parents who attended the invitation-only conference. Check back next week for Part 2 of the interview. Patch: Councilmember Navarro, where did the idea for this conference spring from?  Previous to joining the public service world, I was the director of a non-profit organization working with the Latino community on issues of childcare, and from that we started a network of childcare providers. I always felt very strongly …

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Ana G. Mendez University to Host Latino Parent Leadership Conference

Conference organizers say they want to provide Latino parents in Montgomery County with the necessary resources for civic engagement and leadership.

  This Saturday, Wheaton will host Montgomery County's first Latino Civic Leadership Conference. More than 100 Latino parents of Montgomery County Public Schools students will gather on Jan. 28 at Ana G. Mendez University, a dual-language university that opened in November at 11006 Veirs Mill Road at Westfield Wheaton Mall. The 100 parents for this invitation-only event were selected by the office of County Council Vice President Nancy Navarro (Distr. 4), who organized the conference in collaboration with MCPS and the County’s Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families. The conference, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., features the following workshops in English and in Spanish, according to a county press release: …

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Ana G. Mendez University Opens Its Doors

Classes at the dual-language university will begin Jan. 12.

The new dual-language Ana G. Méndez University’s Capitol Area campus in Wheaton hopes to attract bilingual students in Montgomery County and the D.C. metropolitan region. [Get daily and breaking news email updates by signing up for free newsletters from Wheaton Patch.] At yesterday morning’s ribbon-cutting ceremony the university received praise and a warm welcome from Maryland Secretary of Labor Alexander Sánchez, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Councilmember Nancy Navarro. A crowd gathered in a large white tent erected in the parking lot outside to hear opening remarks before entering the 20,000 square foot university campus and exploring the new classrooms. The campus occupies the old Circuit City building in the Westfield…

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