L to R: Matt Edelen, Program Specialist and Dr. Amber Gallup, Director, Adult Edu. Division of New Mexico’s Higher Education Department. LVSF: Sandy Silva, Board Secretary; Letty Naranjo, Executive Director; Mary DuBose, Program Specialist; Maria Ortiz, Board Treasurer.
During this January’s legislative session, the New Mexico State Senate formally recognized LVSF for our contributions to the Santa Fe community and our commitment to adult education.
We are honored by this acknowledgment and grateful to our learners, tutors, volunteers, and supporters who make this work possible.
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read, write, THRIVE!
Our tutoring programs focus on basic reading and writing skills, job skill building, empowering parents to help their children, and immigrants prepare for citizenship.
CITIZENSHIP
Helping immigrants become active members of our community by becoming U.S. citizens. Tutors help prepare students for the exam which consists of both an oral and written component.
VOLUNTEER
Your knowledge of basic literacy, our training, and a devotion to 2-3 hours weekly for 9-12 months are all that are required to get started as a tutor.
“Before I volunteered, I arrived in Santa Fe newly retired and wanting to stay engaged in some meaningful way. LVSF offered the kind of place where I could use my years of experience and education to help people fulfill their dreams. For most of those 8 years I tutored both in the Basic Literacy program and in the ESL citizenship component. What I learned, what I received from the students, has always been far more valuable to me than just tutoring. The ability to meet new people, share life stories, and learn about different cultures in my mind all are part and parcel of the American experience. Being part of the LVSF family is truly one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.”
Students Reached
Instructional Hours
Tutor volunteer contributions equivalent to over $16 million
Years Established
Our Mission
Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe is dedicated to providing free, quality tutoring to adults in reading, writing, and speaking English to strengthen our community, families, and workforce. Our student-centered tutoring programs focus on improving basic reading and writing skills, building job skills, empowering parents to help their children succeed in school, and helping immigrants prepare for citizenship.
Blog
Announcing online tutoring
LVSF Coordinators and staff are supporting tutors in their transition to online tutoring. Those students who are able have continued to engage in their tutoring through various online platforms with their tutors. Tutors and students also connect and continue to work...
Student of the Year 2019
LVSF ESL student Juan Paniagua is one of the 12 Outstanding Adult Education Students honored by the NM Legislature on Adult Education Day at the Roundhouse. In 2001, Juan, a graduate of Mexico’s National College of Professional Technical Education, began framing...
Board Member Arthur Panaro
Arthur started as an ESL tutor, and joined the LVSF Board in April 2019. Arthur has a long-term interest in teaching and working with others. In 1971 he served as an English teacher with the Peace Corps at Kabul University, Afghanistan. He graduated with a master’s in...
