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January 2021 Staff Updates
Posted on Jan 25 2021
ILCM is excited to welcome 19 new interns, volunteers, and team members! Among them:
Femi Akindumila is a Capitol Pathways intern who will be working with our Executive Director Veena Iyer on advocacy this spring semester. Femi is a junior at the University of Minnesota and grew up in Brooklyn Center.
Josie Allaire starts her AmeriCorps VISTA term of service on January 19th as an Outreach Coordinator for the Austin Area Minority Business Project. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2019 with a degree in Global Studies and Public Health. Josie spent her first year out of college working as an ELL Assistant and French Teacher. This past fall, she worked as an Emergency Response MOC for the International Institute of Minnesota as a Student Technology Coordinator.
Paola Irazoque, who is joining us as a part-time receptionist. Paola graduated from St. Catherine’s with a degree in social work and has a lot of experience working in social services, including at CLUES.
The ILCM Board also elected two new board members.
Andrea Valdez Correa is a former ILCM client. She is a recent graduate of Hamline University and has done academic work and volunteer work supporting immigrants.
Fred Bw’Ombongi is the Vice President of Access Management for Allina Health. He previously worked in health care in Kentucky and Michigan. He started his work in the United States in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was a refugee case worker for a Catholic Charities- funded organization and later started an immigrant and refugee services organization. Fred is an immigrant from Kenya.
We also continue our search for a receptionist, a finance and development manager, and a development associate to join our team. For more information or to apply, please visit our Careers page.
ILCM also said goodbye to Melissa Pfeiffer, Maggiy Emery, and Shenelly Perez-Beltran. We wish them the best on their next adventures.