Faribault
Address:
Cannon River Community Trailer
1407 Hulett Ave. Lot #160
Faribault, MN 55021
Northfield
Address:
Northfield Community Education Center
700 Lincoln Parkway
Northfield, MN 55057
Staff
Jennyffer Barrientos, bilingual in English and Spanish
Growing Up Healthy Director
651-243-1331
jen@healthycommunityinitiative.org
Learn more about Jen here
Contact Jen about:
- Outreach and support to families with school-age children and youth to promote attendance and school engagement, particularly students who attend Northfield Middle School
- Home Energy Squad visits and mobile home weatherization efforts in Northfield
- Northfield Promise Equity Team and the Rural Ride-share Pilot team
- Northfield’s Cinco de Mayo parent planning team
- Caregiver Organizing sessions
- City of Northfield’s Growing Local: Northfield Emerging Leaders program
- Evenings in the Park summer gatherings in Northfield
Heidy Ramirez, working in Northfield, bilingual in English and Spanish
Family Engagement Navigator, Greenvale Elementary School
Growing Up Healthy Coordinator
507-301-6464
hramirez@northfieldschools.org
Learn more about Heidy here
Contact Heidy about:
- Outreach and support to families with school-age children and youth to promote attendance and school engagement, particularly students at Greenvale Elementary School
- Greenvale Park Community School programming
Early Childhood Navigator
Fatima Ponciano, working in Faribault and Northfield, bilingual in English and Spanish
Early Childhood Navigator
Growing Up Healthy Coordinator
507-323-9663
fatima@healthycommunityinitiative.org
Learn more about Fatima here
Contact Fatima about:
- Connecting families with preschool-age children with early learning experiences, preschool and early childhood screening
- Rice County Ready for Kindergarten Council
RICE COUNTY PARENTCHILD+
Leslie Limon, bilingual in English and Spanish
Rice County ParentChild+ Director
507-400-4462
leslie@healthycommunityinitiative.org
Learn more about Leslie here
Contact Leslie about:
- Referring families with children ages 18 months to 2.5 years to the Rice County ParentChild+ program
- Rice County Ready for Kindergarten Council
Laura Garcia, bilingual in English and Spanish
Early Learning Specialist
507-291-9633
lauragarcia@healthycommunityinitiative.org
Learn more about Laura here
Carrie Romo, bilingual in English and Spanish
Early Learning Specialist
507-301-6345
carrie@healthycommunityinitiative.org
Learn more about Carrie here