I was born in Lima, Peru and I am the Citizenship and Immigration coordinator in CASA Virginia. I was graduated as attorney in Argentina and Peru and I am an AmeriCorps Alumni who now has the privilege to coordinate and supervise the program in Virginia after being the program coordinator in Maryland. I lived in different countries such as Peru, Mexico and Argentina and I spent a few months in England, France and Ireland where I have a personal perspective about the global immigration experience. My passions are my wife and daughter, serving the community and Immigration Law. I had the great experience in 2013 to naturalize as United States citizen and add an extra passport to my Argentinian and Peruvian ones. 

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Contact me at jnavarrete@wearecasa.org or 571-320-1760.

I am Mary Varela, a Honduran citizen and Green card holder. As a member of the CASA VA Americorps team, I am the specialist in immigrant integration helping community members to adapt to their lives in the United States.

 

I have a Bachelor degree in psychology and I have been dedicating the last 13 years to help and identify people in need.

 

One of my greater personal challenges is to reach more people to provide them with the services that they need.

 

My personal experience has been centered in the human resources field and mental health, therefore working with the people for me is a great pleasure and I feel very happy serving my community.

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I am Stella O'Meara and I was born in Botswana. I has been serving the immigrant community in Falls Church office as an AmeriCorps Volunteer for three years. I got a Bachelor degree in Global Affairs from George Mason University and currently is enrolled in School for Conflict Analysis Resolution as a graduate student and I will be graduating in July 2019. Stella enjoys working with the community as Integration Immigration Specialist.

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My name is Susana Del Pozo and I am the Immigration Integration Specialist in my third year serving and volunteering with AmeriCorps Citizenship Program Helping the Immigrant communities on their integration to their new life in the USA. I am also an immigrant and I studied an obtained a Liberal Arts associates in psychology from Dominion College, I am also a certified Professional and Life coach, also have many years of experience in financial education from banking to mortgage broker, taxes and life insurance, securities and more my passion is and always has been social services majority of my jobs were in the behavioral Health and/or Social services work both in corporate and nonprofit organizations,  I am  self-employed and continues to dedicate her free time to provide service with AmeriCorps CASA in Virginia. 

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Contact me at sdelpozo@wearecasa.org or 571-320-1759.

Johannes is a financial service specialist-turned-Americorps member passionate about servicing the community and filling gaps of need.

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As an Immigration Integration Specialist, he is responsible for providing various social services to Northern Virginia’s Immigrant and low income community.

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When he isn’t working, you’ll find Johannes doodling in his sketchbook, diving into a fantasy novel, or jogging outside.

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Contact me at jtesfai@wearecasa.org or 571-320-1759.

I was born in Huesca, Spain but grew up in Sevilla Spain. Studied General Education specialized in Physical Education at the University of Sevilla in Spain. All my life I had great interest travelling, meeting new people and learning different cultures. I traveled most of European countries such as England, France, North of Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Holland, Belgium and south of Portugal. I like to play and watch soccer, my favorite team is Real Betis. Met my wife in Sevilla, Spain we married and settled in the United States of America we have two children. I joined AmeriCorps CASA -VA Since 2016, my responsibilities include assisting and coordinating English and citizenship preparation courses, classes, active member in the community, providing outreach programs and educational materials during the workshops within immigrant community. 

 

My greatest strengths are my creativity, drive and leadership. I thrive on challenges, particularly those that expand the company’s reach.

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Contact me at fgalindo@wearecasa.org or 571-421-2211.

I am originally from Burma and graduated from Yangon Technological University with Bachelor of Chemical Engineering. Also I worked as an Engineer in Hewlett Packard in Singapore before coming to the United States. Currently, I am an AmeriCorps member and serving community as an Immigration Specialist in the CASA Virginia’s moving forward program. On the other hand, I am pursuing an MBA program at the Wayne State University in Michigan.

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Contact me at taung@wearecasa.org or 571-421-211.

A little about myself, my name is Homa my last name is Rahimi. I am from Kabul, Afghanistan. I married with Ahmad Rahimi and I have three lovely kids 13, 10 and 8 years old daughters. I have completed my higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan and I also attended one and half year of Dentistry Medical at Cheragh Medical University. Then we came to U.S.A in Oct 10, 2015 and live here since 3 years as SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) I have worked with First Home Alliance for 3 month as an internship then I have worked with Social Service for 3 months as Volunteer and after that I apply for AmeriCorps and I am working here and I learning a lot and I feel very happy and proud. I love to teach Citizenship classes and ESL.

 

Contact me at hrahimi@wearecasa.org or 571-320-1762.   

Hello! I grew up in Oregon and I recently moved to Northern Virginia. Before working at CASA de Virginia, I worked for several years in educational access organizations. I am excited about learning more at CASA about community engagement and the immigration and financial systems in the United States.

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Contact me at gzenker@wearecasa.org or 571-320-1762.