Multicultural Liaison Workers (MCLWS) are cultural and linguistic resource staff of the Vancouver Board of Education, under the ELL support services of the Newcomer Welcome Centre.

They are available to support students, families, and school personnel by facilitating communication despite linguistic or cultural differences.

Oppenheimer Multicultural Workers

Chinese - Patrick Wong - pywong@vsb.bc.ca - 604-713-8278

Filipino - Fenchie Cajiuat - fcajiuat@vsb.bc.ca - 604-754-0396

Korean - Sharmain Kim-Oh - skimoh@vsb.bc.ca - 604-713-8950

South Asian - Vandana Nagpal - vnagpal@vsb.bc.ca - 604-713-4905

Spanish - Claudia Sandoval - csandoval@vsb.bc.ca - 778-772-2542

Vietnamese - Toan (Tom) Lai - tlai@vsb.bc.ca- 604-713-8266

*Please visit the Multicultural Liaison Workers section at VSB's NWC website for more information.

Oppenheimer Settlement Workers

Arabic - Jasmin Abdalla - jelsayed@vsb.bc.ca - 778-875-6767

Russian - Svetlana Stepanyak - sstepanyak@vsb.bc.ca - 778-233-2745

Vietnamese -  Tuoi (Teresa) Nguyen - tnuygen@vsb.bc.ca – 778-231-2657 

*Please visit the Newcomer Welcome Centre for more information.