Meet the team

Louise El Yaafouri لويز اليعفوري

Founder, Principal Consultant & Author

Karen Ahumada Villanueva (Spanish/English)

Program Director- Thrive/Launch

Razia Kishtgar

Dari/Pashto Lead Navigator- Colorado Springs

Zoriana Herman

Ukrainian Lead Navigator

Parwiz Negah

Dari/Pashto Lead Navigator- Denver Metro

Lauren Funai (French/English)

Lead Project Manager, Curriculum Designer

Program Instructors & Advisors

Amy Schulte, Mental Health & Culinary Connections Lead. Learn more about Welcome COS here!

Amina Rezai- Community Advisor

Armando Piniche Rosales- Advisor/Community Expert

Betsy Acree-McClenahan- Community Partnerships, Youth Programming

Bridget Guerrero- One Word Quest partner/Lead Instructor. Lean more about One World Quest here!

Hlaing Mo Than- Burmese Advisor

Julie Garbus- English for Adults Instructor

Karen Ahumada- Program design and efficacy guide

Nicholas Olsen- One Word Quest partner/instructor. Lean more about One World Quest here!

Sediqa Sediqi- Aghan Advisor

Sabira Marike- Contract Curriculum/Instruction Expert

Sydney Stanfield- One Word Quest partner/instructor. Lean more about One World Quest here!