Welcome to our new Program Coordinator Maria Lara

On behalf of the TRUE Mentors, I am excited to extend a warm welcome to Maria Lara as the organization’s new Program Coordinator.

Although new to her role as Program Coordinator, Maria Lara has been involved with TRUE Mentors since 2016; teaching clubs with topics in Social Problems and Change, Cultures and Values, and helping in the 2017 theatrical performance of Aladdin. 

After obtaining her Sociology degree from New Jersey City University, Maria joined the Hoboken Historical Museum’s educational department where she taught classes with topics in Immigration, Local History, Mapping and more. She also led public programs in weekly storytimes and annual family fun day, helped coordinate a film series and a Poetry in the Schools program, and hosted a talk with the Ramapough-Lenape Indian Nation of Mahwah, N.J.

Maria hopes to bring diversity and inclusion in her new role with TRUE Mentors. As an immigrant to the United States, she understands the impact of being brought up in a low-income community and the effects it has on a person. She also believes in the powerful tool of mentorship and how it has helped shape her future. 

A big thank you to the TRUE Mentors community as we transition Maria in her new role, she can be reached at Maria@TRUEMentors.org. We are gearing up for 2020 and are excited for the year ahead. I hope everyone enjoys is staying warm as winter comes swooping in and look forward to continue our great work together!

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