Community

Community Relations

SHPE-SV is made up of Hispanic professionals dedicated to the development of the Latino community on a national and local level. We are glad to support the Silicon Valley community through our EXCEL, NetDay programs as well as other community services activities.

Community Service

SHPE SV members participate in various community service opportunities throught the peninsula. Schools, museums, other professional associations and corporations ask for volunteers from our membership for mentors, speakers, instructors, role models, and NetDay leads. Below is a short list of the community service events SHPE-SV has participated in. If you have a community service event you feel SHPE members could participate in let us know.

Year 2008

• October – Noche de Ciencias / Family Science Night at Herman Intermediate School in San Jose
• November – Migrant Youth Conference at National Hispanic University in San Jose

Year 2002

• May – Raza Day at Stanford
• May – Gear Up Project at Sylvandale Middle School
• Aug – BrassRing Career Fair
• Oct – “Mes Nacional de la Herencia Latina” at The Tech Museum of Innovation

Year 2001 Past Events

• Sept – Tech Museum’s Engineer Day
• Sept – In Pursuit of Diverse Solutions Professional Development Conference

Year 2000 Past Events

• Jan – Tech Museum’s “Closing the Digital Divide” network event
• April – First Annual Migrant Education Conference
• May – Tech Museum’s Parent Night
• Principal for a Day at J.C.Overfelt (Alvaro Sanchez)