{"id":615,"date":"2019-09-30T22:30:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T02:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/?post_type=post_speaker&#038;p=615"},"modified":"2019-10-07T16:43:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:43:27","slug":"sara-pena-mpa","status":"publish","type":"post_speaker","link":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2019\/speaker\/sara-pena-mpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Pe\u00f1a, MPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topic to cover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/event-topics\/#t6\">&#8220;<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/event-topics\/#t6\">The importance of community organizations for the integration of immigrants<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/event-topics\/#t6\">&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sara Pena is the Director of the Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development in the Department of State. Ms. Pe\u00f1a is a dedicated bilingual professional with extensive experience in developing and promoting services while addressing the needs of the community with a superior record of successful community service and engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She received her bachelor\u2019s degree in Management from Kean University. In May 2014, Ms. Pe\u00f1a received her master\u2019s degree in Public Administration from Rutgers University in Newark and was inducted into the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration, Pi Alpha Alpha. Ms. Pe\u00f1a is president of the LUPE Fund, Inc., an organization dedicated to the empowerment of all Latinas in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about the speaker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.nj.us\/state\/chprd-about-director.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.state.nj.us\/state\/chprd-about-director.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic to cover &#8220;The importance of community organizations for the integration of immigrants&#8220; Biography Sara Pena is the Director of the Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development in the Department of State. Ms. Pe\u00f1a is a dedicated bilingual professional with extensive experience in developing and promoting services while addressing the needs of the community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-615","post_speaker","type-post_speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_speaker\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post_speaker"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}