In 2015, the Center for Employment Training, Immigration and Citizenship Program, partnered with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to create e-immigrate, an automated multilingual registration platform with phone lines, online registration & real time tracking. This platform enabled our cohort, named Project New Citizen, to register
In 2015, the Center for Employment Training, Immigration and Citizenship Program, partnered with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to create e-immigrate, an automated multilingual registration platform with phone lines, online registration & real time tracking. This platform enabled our cohort, named Project New Citizen, to register a large number of participants for our annual Citizenship Day in San Jose. Over the years, we’ve continued to use this platform throughout Silicon Valley, different parts of California, New York, Florida, and Texas.
When the pandemic struck and large in person gatherings were prohibited, we worked with Open Source San Jose to build the Citizenship and Immigration Information Tool (CIIT). This platform helps educate and prescreen participants from anywhere in the U.S. who might be eligible for citizenship in 14 different languages.
Project New Citizen is a collaboration of government and community-based organizations who came together in an effort to provide FREE education and immigration legal services to low income legal permanent residents (green card holders) who are eligible to apply for citizenship.
By adapting to any situation and in partnership with our community. We use e-immigrate and Citizenship and Immigration Information Tool (CIIT) to register, educate, and prescreen legal permanent residents (green card holders) who are eligible for citizenship, FREE of charge. We rely on these tools to reduce staff time, eliminate redund
By adapting to any situation and in partnership with our community. We use e-immigrate and Citizenship and Immigration Information Tool (CIIT) to register, educate, and prescreen legal permanent residents (green card holders) who are eligible for citizenship, FREE of charge. We rely on these tools to reduce staff time, eliminate redundancy, and increase efficacy to assist as many participants as possible.
Monica Limas is the Director for the Immigration and Citizenship Program, at the Center for Employment Training. For the last decade, she has led Project New Citizen. As a former City of San Jose employee, she supported neighborhood leadership development, community organizing, and grassroots advocacy. Monica became civically active fo
Monica Limas is the Director for the Immigration and Citizenship Program, at the Center for Employment Training. For the last decade, she has led Project New Citizen. As a former City of San Jose employee, she supported neighborhood leadership development, community organizing, and grassroots advocacy. Monica became civically active following Hurricane Katrina, when she volunteered as an Emergency Relief Vehicle Supervisor in New Orleans, LA.
Monica’s creative approach to management and community building is influenced by her experience as a Senior Producer for Media G3, where she launched an email marketing software that increased brand recognition, product loyalty, and sales growth. Monica Limas was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and immigrated to the United States with her family when she was six years old. She is a native Spanish speaker, first generation college graduate from San Jose State University.
Valdo Drozdek has served as the Technology and Outreach Specialist for the past six years. He was born in Poland, raised in Portland, Oregon, and has lived in San Jose since 2003. Valdo is a great asset in the community, given his knowledge of English, Polish, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Farsi, Bengali, Hindi
Valdo Drozdek has served as the Technology and Outreach Specialist for the past six years. He was born in Poland, raised in Portland, Oregon, and has lived in San Jose since 2003. Valdo is a great asset in the community, given his knowledge of English, Polish, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Farsi, Bengali, Hindi, and Arabic. His background in industrial design and work experience guide the agency's projects. Since early 2017, Valdo has worked with SVCF to build and manage e-immigrate, the registration and tracking platform used to register Citizenship Day participants. He is the main collaborator with Open Source and was crucial in the development of CIIT. Most recently, he completed coding and project management courses through General Assembly. Perfection - his greatest asset is his greatest weakness.
Our organization has delivered direct immigration legal services to our South Bay residents for over 30 years. We've helped over 100,000 individuals to date and we have over 70 partnerships with other like minded nonprofit organizations, city officials, high schools, colleges, small businesses, private law firms, and media outlets throu
Our organization has delivered direct immigration legal services to our South Bay residents for over 30 years. We've helped over 100,000 individuals to date and we have over 70 partnerships with other like minded nonprofit organizations, city officials, high schools, colleges, small businesses, private law firms, and media outlets throughout the Bay Area. We understand the needs of our community because we live in the community. All of our staff is or comes from immigrant families. Our work and virtual tools have garnered the support and funding from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the New Americans Campaign, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Knight Foundation, UNIDOSUS, and the Sunlight Giving Foundation. With additional funding and support, our tools have the potential to be used nationwide.