In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the 911±¬ÁÏÍø School Counseling Program is excited to welcome:
Dr. Maureen Ponce
for this year's first School Counselor Speaker Series:
"EMPOWERING LATINE STUDENTS: NAVIGATING INTERSECTIONALITY AND BUILDING SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS"
Dr. Maureen Ponce has 25 years' experience as a school counselor (middle and high school) and is passionate about supporting all students. She is a Professional Counselor at Thomas Edison High School of Technology in Wheaton, Maryland. Dr. Ponce identifies not only as a professional school counselor, but also as a leader, an advocate, and an interrupter as she supports the school counseling profession. Dr. Ponce has led her former school counseling department at Northwood HS in transforming their practices in order to implement a comprehensive school counseling program in alignment with the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model. As a result, they recently earned the Recognized ASCA Model Program Award, the first school counseling program in MCPS history to earn this award. Dr. Ponce is currently serving a two-year term as the President (CEO) of the Maryland School Counselor Association. In this role, she represents the voice of school counselors from the entire state of Maryland at the state and national level.