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Can you talk a little bit about your role and what brought you Alpha? I am the mental health counselor at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado. I provide individual counseling for students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), who are getting counseling as part of their IEP as well as tier-1, general education mental health services that increase […]

Holly Sutton’s 5th-8th Grade Art students learn about how to channel their creativity and their identities through the arts Can you talk a bit about your background and what brought you to Alpha? I’ve been in education for the past 8 years. As a child I was very much into the arts. I would get […]

Marc Ampon, High School ELD Specialist, works to develop strategies that support our English Learners Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what brought you to Alpha? I grew up in Hayward and was in poverty most of my childhood. My mother was a nurse in the Philippines but wasn’t able to […]