Welcome to the ECNV Family, Carlos Marquez

Originally Published in May 2022, ECNV Newsletter

We're excited to introduce new staff to the ECNV family.

Carlos Marquez was born in the USA but grew up in a small town in El Salvador and at 10 years old he moved back to the Northern Virginia area. He now attends Northern Virginia Community College. He volunteers for HACAN (Hispanics Against Child Abuse and Neglect) and has been a mentor with HACAN for 8 years, working with children and youth from third through 9th grade on activities such as homework, team building exercises, science projects and experiments. He worked with LEER+ teaching high school kids how to read through Students Training in Advocacy and Responsibility (STAR). He advocated in Richmond for DREAMers and immigrants to be able to get their driver’s license. In the summer of 2014, he was selected by George Washington University for a young leaders’ program that built on enhanced self-awareness and goal setting skills, by creating an action plan, through personal and team building skills, in collaboration with over 30 professionals from various industries. He also worked on community activities such as Culmore Cleanup Day and Culmore Community Day. In his spare time, Carlos listens to audio books about Star Wars, and authors like Victor E. Frankl, Stephen King, George Orwell. He occasionally goes fishing and plays video games.