When Nancy’s family moved from Mexico to Oregon, she barely spoke any English. So when the youngest of her three sons was identified with a disability, she needed help.
“They told me that we needed to get together to talk about the services that he would receive,” Nancy recalled through an interpreter. OPB is only using Nancy’s first name at her request to protect her family’s safety. “I needed an interpreter or someone who would help me understand.”
That’s when Nancy began working with Ariel Lavandera, the then-Spanish language specialist for Portland Public Schools’ Language Access Services team…