My position on the DGH Board is 2nd Vice President. This Health and Human RIghts NGO is 5 years old and I have been a charter member of the Board since its beginning. I have been involved with El Salvador solidarity work since 1984, through the Syracuse Covenant Sanctuary group, advocating and protection Salvadoran refugees in Syracuse and beyond. Since 1993 I have coordinated our Syracuse, NY- La Estancia Sister Community in rural El Salvador, leading annual delegations, the latest February 2001. During this latest trip, I had the opportunity to work with various NGO's doing earthquake relief work.
Most students are from Hispanic cultures.
Shirley Novak is a special education teacher. All her students are Latino students in preeschool, and she loves to use that opportunity to use her Spanish. El Salvador has became a pasion for her. The people in El Salvador has become like sister and brothers for her. There is a lot that she carries with herself back into her daily work.