
Welcome to the ECNV Family, Salifu Kamara
Salifu Kamara, an African-American male, dressed in a black suit and white shirt against a white, bright office background

Inova Health Foundation Awards ECNV Health Equity Initiative
Front row on the left is ECNV Executive Director Dominique Dunford-Lack and Director of Multicultural Families, Rosalia Fajardo, along with representatives from nonprofits receiving the Inova Health Foundation Equity Grants
Arc of Loudoun and Loudoun County Health Department
Margarita Baquero Trusted Disability Champion (right) next to her Andrew Shaw, ECNV Coordinator (right) handing out Covid-19 test to a older couple in front of them (left).

Alexandria City Public School Transition Fair
Rosalia Fajardo (left) and Pansy Walker (right) attending the ECNV table outside of Alexandria City High School.

Mason Apartments Multicultural Event
Host, Latina mother Jackeline Reyes Trustee Disability Champion with her family.

Partnership with Fairfax County Mobile CARES Van
Andrew Shaw (left), Rosalia Fajardo (middle) and Margarita Baquero (right) sitting at a table.

Ruby Tucker Family Center Community Outreach Event
Chris Walker (left), Margarita Baquero (middle) and Janeek Prince (right) sitting at a table having a lively discussion during the Ruby Tucker cookout event.

Fairfax County Public Schools Flash Forward Postsecondary Options Event
ECNV staff, (left) and Pansy Walker, an African American woman in a black and white striped dress, also wearing glasses (right) Rosalia Fajardo attending the ECNV table at the Flash Forward Postsecondary Options event in Fairfax County Public Schools.

New Trusted Disability Champion, Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith, (he/him), a Caucasian man glasses, wearing a white polo shirt, sitting in an burgundy colored office.

New Trusted Disability Champion, Margarita Baquero
Margarita Baquero, (she/her), long brown hair, smiling and wearing a black jacket and blue pants, sitting on a stone near the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.

New Agents of Change Fellow, Emma Budway
Emma Budway, (she/her), brown eyes, brown hair, wearing a navy blue sweater and floral blouse, smiling and standing on the campus of The University of Virginia.

New Agents of Change Fellow, Teresa L. Champion
Teresa Champion, (she/her), brown eyes, light brown hair, smiling, wearing earrings, necklace and a blue blouse against a plain wall background.

Welcome to the ECNV Family, Carlos Marquez
Carlos Marquez, (he/him), a hispanic man with curly hair and goatee in front of an office space wearing a red long sleeve shirt.

I Am Self-Advocacy Program: Summer Sessions 2022
The IASA Program is a Pre-Employment Transition Service (Pre-ETS) focused on helping students with disabilities, ages 14-22, hone their skills in self-advocacy through a combination of individual and group sessions. Funded by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), this program is offered to students referred by the Fairfax, Alexandria, Leesburg, and Manassas DARS offices.
Three circles overlapping each other with words Self Advocate in the center and words Motivated, Committed, and Passionate on each circle.

ECNV: Chance or Choice? Part 2: Beginnings
This is the second part of a series of articles intended as part of ECNV’s celebration of its 40th Anniversary. This article continues to focus on the people and events surrounding ECNV’s founding in April 1982.
Dark blue ECNV Logo with bold white letters and website URL, www.ecnv.org