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CONTACT: Sydney Clevenger, sydney@shadow-project.org, (503) 449-6580

New Program Manager for The Shadow Project

Sharon Juenemann brings decades of educational systems experience to the growing nonprofit March 13, 2018 (PORTLAND, OR) – Sharon Juenemann has joined The Shadow Project as its program manager, overseeing the organization’s partner schools, including service development, delivery, and evaluation.

Sharon was longtime program director for Mt. Hood Community College’s federal prep and access grant (TRIO) for low-income students seeking higher education. Most recently, she was interim director of TRIO at Portland Community College. Sharon has a master of arts in adult education from Oregon State University, and a bachelor of arts in English from Lewis & Clark College. She has 20 years teaching experience including English as a Second Language for Non-Native Speakers, instructional Spanish, and EvenStart Family Literacy. “Sharon’s passion for changing educational systems so they truly benefit all children, as well as personal experience with special education in Portland will greatly benefit our organization as we strategically standardize and grow our programs to serve more schools and children, “ said Shadow Project Founder and Executive Director Christy Scattarella. The Shadow Project’s mission is to make school more accessible and engaging for children with learning challenges, so they can achieve their full potential.

By equipping classrooms with innovative tools and strategies tailored to diverse learning needs, The Shadow Project has teamed with schools to foster success for more than 10,000 students who typically read one- to three-years below grade level, and have challenges such as dyslexia, ADHD, and autism.

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