El Refugio / The Refuge
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    • Meet Our Team
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    • Volunteer
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      • SUMMER FEST 2O22
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    • DACA >
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  • COVID-19 Info-Resource/Recursos
    • COVID-19 TESTING/Pruebas
  • Resources - Recursos
    • Immigration - Inmigración Resources
  • Classes/Clases
  • Home
  • About Us - Sobre Nosotros
    • Meet Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Sponsors/Patrocinadores
    • Newsletter - Boletin Informativo
    • Job Openings - Trabajos Disponibles
  • Donate-Donar
  • Contact Us - Contáctenos
    • Volunteer
  • Events - Eventos
    • Community Summer Fest >
      • SUMMER FEST 2O22
    • Culture Night - Noche Cultural >
      • 2021 Culture Night-Noche Cultural
      • 2020 Culture Night-Noche Cultural
      • 2019
      • 2018
    • Festival Latino >
      • 2017
      • 2018
    • DACA >
      • 2019
    • 2018
    • Fall Fundraiser
  • COVID-19 Info-Resource/Recursos
    • COVID-19 TESTING/Pruebas
  • Resources - Recursos
    • Immigration - Inmigración Resources
  • Classes/Clases

​Our Team - Nuestro Equipo






Meet the team!

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Yanira Vanegas Scott
Executive Director 



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Sandra Ruiz
My name is Sandra Ruiz. I am Puerto Rican. I have been living in Sanford NC since August 2017.  My first challenge was to learn English. I have been a student at El Refugio since I arrived. I was a member of El Refugio's Board of Directors. I currently work at Lee County Schools in the Migrant Education Program. I joined the staff team as the Resource Coordinator to help provide orientation of community resources and COVID-19 information to the immigrant community in Lee County. 

Instructors and Staff - Instructores y Personal

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Iris Nazario
ESL Level 1 Instructor
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Jessica Smith
​ESL Level 2 Instructor
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Felix Gomez 
ESL Level 3 Instructor 
Civics Class Instructor TBA
Citizenship Instructor 
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TBA
Spanish Instructor 
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Oscar Hernandez
ESL & Career Pathways Coordinator
Central Carolina Community College
Liaison
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Carmen Helena Torres
ESL& Office Support Assistant 
Central Carolina Community College
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Adelina Arias
​Childcare 
4-8 year olds

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Isabela Escobar
​Childcare

4-8 year olds
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Melanie Yarborough
​Childcare
1-3 year olds 
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Martha Hernandez 
Childcare 
​1-3 year olds

Location / Ubicación
407 W Main Street
​Sanford, NC 27332

Office phone number
Numero de oficina
(919)352-9709


Monday - Thursday
lunes - jueves
​5pm a 8pm 

Contact Us! Contactenos
Employment /Trabajos