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Governing Board Members

Becky Kemp 
Board Chair, Founding Board Member 
Email: ​[email protected]
Juan A. Freire, Ph.D.
Vice Chair
Juan A. Freire is originally from Spain. He earned a Ph.D. in Bilingual and
Multicultural Education from the University of Utah. Dr. Freire worked for several
years as a teacher in Spain and later as a dual language teacher in Salt Lake City.
Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor in the department of Teacher
Education at Brigham Young University. He decided to be a board member at
Esperanza due to his expertise in dual language bilingual education and his
knowledge about the benefits in terms of academic achievement, bilingualism,
biliteracy, and biculturalism in the lives of language minoritized students, Latinos,
and other students. Dr. Freire has published extensively on dual language bilingual
education and has presented his work at both national and international levels.​
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Email: [email protected]

Treasurer
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Secretary
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​Rosalea Ojeda
Board member
Eulogio Alejandre, M.Ed.
Executive Director/Principal
Eulogio Alejandre has been an educator since August of 1986.  He has been a teacher of elementary, junior high and senior high students in the Salt Lake and Ogden school districts.  He has been a principal, a district office teacher specialist and a soccer coach.  Mr. Alejandre has also been an adjunct professor at Weber State University and Westminster College. Most recently Mr. Alejandre was the Student2Student Outreach Program Coordinator at Weber State University. Mr. Alejandre immigrated to Ogden from Mexico with his family when he was 12 years old.  He has successfully navigated the public school system to achieve a Master of Education degree and an Administrative/Supervisory license from the Utah State Office of Education.

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Esai Lara 
Board member 
My name is Esai Lara. I’m originally from CDMX. I grew up in Provo. I graduated from BYU as a manufacturing engineer and did my MBA shortly after. I’m married and have 4 amazing kids. All of them have gone or are going to Esperanza. My oldest son was part of the first generation to go from kindergarten to 6th grade. My 3 younger ones are part of the mariachi which we enjoy very much !!
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Marty Banks
​Board member
 Marty Banks is a partner at a large law firm in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is also a CPA.  He has an BS degree in accounting from Brigham Young University, and a JD degree from the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.  He was one of the founding Board members heavily involved in the initial organization of Esperanza Elementary.  Marty also has been involved in the founding and organization of numerous other non-profit entities, advising in various legal, operational, fund-raising and other functions. 
Email: [email protected]

​Board member
Email: @esperanzaelementary.org