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Honorary Consul of Guatemala in Jupiter
RESUME
JERONIMO A. CAMPOSECO
U.S.PASSPORT 045305754, FDL # C512-421-38-361-0
219 6th Street, Jupiter FL 33458
Telephone (561) 512-6208
E-mail chomocamposeco@yahoo.com
Objective: Leadership, cooperation, service and organizing capability to assist and empower immigrants and the working poor; promoting education, self reliance positive interrelations, values and quality of life, within a cultural, social, respectful and collaborative frame.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
· 1997 – May 2006, Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA) as Family Support Specialist and mentor/tutor, assisting farmworker families and children. Delray Beach, Florida.
· 1987 – 2007: Executive Director ad honorem, Corn Maya, Inc. assisting the Guatemalan Community on their educational, cultural and social services needs. Jupiter FL Tel. (561) 745-9199.
· 1987/97 Berlitz International. Doing occasional interpretations in Q’anjobal Maya, Spanish and English at the Immigration Courts in the Country. 1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW #701 Wash. DC 20036 (202)331-1887. Patricia McNaughton, Senior Project manager.
· 1992/95 Florida Rural Legal Services, Palm Beach County.
Community Specialist and Paralegal.
· 1994 – 1995 Radio station 99.5 FM, Jupiter, Florida. Producer and announcer: Program “Mesoamerica” with music, culture and education.
· 1990 - 1992 Guadalupe Social Services, Immokalee, Fl. Social work and services to farmworkers and immigrants. Roman Catholic Church, Immokalee FL 33934, (813) 657-6242. John Witchger, Director.
· 1990 – 1991 Redland Christian Migrant Association (RCMA), Immokalee, FL; Family Support Worker, assisting farmworker poor families and their children. 219 N 1st St. Immokalee FL 33934 (813) 657-3362: Barbara Mainster, Director.
· 1989 - 1991 Institute for Coastal & Marine Studies, East Carolina University, Greenville North Carolina. Research on Farm Labor Practices with Doctor David Griffith.
· 1988 - 1989 The U.S. Department of Labor sponsored the National Seasonal Farmworker Survey, as a Research Consultant.
· 1988 – 1989 Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville. Research on "Immigration, Ethnicity and Work in Indiantown, Florida". With Dr. Allan Burns.
· 1984 – 1986 Florida Rural Legal Services, Immokalee FL, Legal Assistant.
· 1983 - 1984 Holy Cross Service Center, Indiantown FL. Social Worker.
· 1980 - 1982 School of Living, Deep Run Farm, York Pennsylvania. Experience on Organic Agriculture.
· 1967/80 National Indigenous Institute, Ministry of Education Guatemala. Social Anthropologist I.
EDUCATION
· 1978 - 1980 Social Anthropology, School of History, San Carlos University, Guatemala City.
· 1969 – 1970 Central American School of Foreign Relations, Guatemala City.
· 1962 - 1964 Teacher's Degree for Grade School, "Alejandro Cordova Institute", Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
· 1956 – 1961 Seminarian Student, "Espiritu Santo Seminary", Quezaltenango, Guatemala.
ACTIVITIES and Achievements
· May 2006 – Glory Award Recipient for Community Services, Delray Beach, sponsored by the Community Neighborhood Helping.
· Augus, 2005 – Co-promoter of the Creation of the Sister City Agreement between the Town of Jupiter FL. and the Town of Jacaltenango, Guatemala.
· April, 2005 – Vicepresident of the Jupiter Resource Center El Sol to assist the working poor and their children.
· March, 2005 – Parents as Teacher National Ctr. Inc.; recipient of the “Parent Educator Certificate”, Miami FL.
· 2004 – Recipient of the “Dwight Allison Fellows Awards”, sponsored by the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties”.
· December, 2004 – The office of Florida’s Governor awarded me with a diploma for my voluntary work with FEMA, helping Hurricane victims.
· July, 2004 – I received a scholarship by the Mexican National Adult Education Institute: INEA which sponsored a training in Paztcuaro Michoacan, Mexico; on adult education for Latin American Immigrants in the U.S.
· March, 2004 – the Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary, IME, and SEP; sponsored a training and information in Mexico City, regarding educational programs for the Latin American Population in the U.S. I was an RCMA delegate.
· 1998 - 1999, Catholic Charities Board of Directors’ member, Palm Beach Diocese, Florida.
· 1994 – Present; Board of Directors Member of the Guatemalan Maya Center, Lake Worth, Florida.
· 1993 – Awarded for my community services by The Alston/Banerman Fellowship Program, based in Baltimore, Maryland.
· 1992 – Participant at the World’s Ethnic Video Documentals demonstration; in Granada Spain, called “Mundos en Contraste” (Worlds in Contrast” presenting our video “Maya Fiesta” in Indiantown FL, produced and directed by Dr. Allan Burns, University of Florida, with my collaboration.
· 1985 – 1986 Co-founder of the Q’anjobal Maya People organization “Ixim” in Los Angeles.
· 1983 – Co-Founder of the non profit organization “Corn Maya”, for social services for immigrants and Guatemalan refugees; Indiantown, FL.
· 1973 – Guatemalan Indigenous Institute delegate, at the Seminary of Social Anthropology and Indian Affairs, sponsored by CEDAL, the OAS and the Friedrich Eber Foundation. Heredia, Costa Rica.
PUBLICATIONS AND AUDIO VISUALS
· 1995 Co-Author of the Book: Working Poor, Farmworkers in the United States by David Griffith and Ed Kissam, With Jeronimo Camposeco, Anna Garcia,...: Temple University Press Philadelphia.
· 1993 Introduction and collaborator in the Book "Maya in Exile", Guatemalans in Florida by Allan F. Burns: Temple University Press, Philadelphia, Pa.
· 1988 Collaboration in the production of the Video Documentary "Maya Fiesta" (Allan Burns, University of Florida, Gainesville)
· 1985 Collaboration in the production of the Video Documentary "Maya in Exile" (Allan Burns, University of Florida in Gainesville)
· 1977 Jacaltec Alphabet: In the book "Alfabeto de las Lenguas Mayances": Guatemalan Indigenous Institute: Edited by San Carlos University.
· 1975 "La Mujer Jacalteca" (the Jacaltec Woman). Guatemala Indigena V.X, 3-4. Guatemalan Indigenous Institute.
· 1975 "Cartilla Kanjobal" (How to write and read in Kanjobal Language), Guatemalan Indigenous Institute.
· 1969 Maya/Kanjobal Vocabulary from Santa Eulalia: National Indigenous Institute, Guatemala.
LANGUAGES
· English, Spanish, Maya/Q’anjob’al, Maya/Jacaltek, Classic Latin
REFERENCES
· Allan F. Burns, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics, Florida State University, Gainesville. (352) 392-0299
· Dr. David Griffith: East Carolina University: Institute for Coastal and Marine Studies. Greenville N.C. (919) 757-6779
· Andres Cruz: Guatemalan Leader; Indiantown, FL. Telephone: (561) 597-4678
· Timothy Steigenga, Ph. D. Florida Atlantic University,5353 Parkside Dr. Jupiter FL 33458 (561) 799-8610.
· Mary Espinoza: Area Coordinator, RCMA, 16101 Half Mile Rd. Delray Beach, FL 33446; (561) 637-1108.
