Eleanore Velez

Eleanore is a longtime liaison and advocate with community agencies in the Berkshires working to enhance dialogue that leads to deeper community integration. Eleanore is currently the Volunteer Manager at Volunteers in Medicine. A diversity and inclusion champion, she has received the Literacy Network of South Berkshire Founders of America Award, the Berkshire Immigrant Center’s Jane Addams Spirit Award and the Multicultural Competence Award from BRIDGE. For many years, Eleanore served as an admissions counselor and coordinator of the Multicultural Center at Berkshire Community College. In this role, Eleanore helped lead efforts to foster a welcoming and engaging campus for students from ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds so they can thrive and achieve their full potential. She holds an associate’s degree from BCC and a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College.

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