Juliette Romero Benavidez is principal of the Henry T. Jaramillo Community School in Belen. Previously, Benavidez was a bilingual resource teacher for fifth and sixth graders at the New Blue Intermediate School and a bilingual education teacher at Ann Parish Elementary and Desert View Intermediate Schools. By implementing the Spalding "whole language" method, Benavidez improved the language skills of the region's many immigrant students-some by as many as two grade levels. She also employs a dual-language model, teaching half the day in English and the other half in Spanish. An active school and district leader, Benavidez has chaired numerous educational committees.
1999 New Mexico State University, M.A.
1992 New Mexico State University, B.A.
