Jessica Estevez

Multicultural & Cross-Cultural Coordinator

Year Started at Greenville
2000

Background
Jessica Estévez was born in Queens, NY and raised in the Dominican Republic. She is beginning her fourth year at Greenville College as the Multicultural and Cross Cultural Programs Director. Jessica began her career as an accountant executive for the Boston Globe in the Arts and Entertainment sections in 1996. From 1997 to 1999, she worked for the Center for Venture in Girls’ Education, the Lawrence Youth Commission, and the Lawrence Teen Coalition all of Lawrence, Massachusetts as team, literacy and outreach leader. She served as a consultant with Tuft Community Health Plan of Waltham, Massachusetts from 1998 to 1999. Jessica later served as the Community Initiatives Director for the United Way of Merrimack Valley from 1999-2000. She and her husband then moved to Greenville College where she is presently employed and he serves as professor of Social Work. They celebrated the birth of their daughter Taína, born in December of 2001.

Education and Scholarship
Jessica attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts and graduated with a BA in Latin American Studies and a minor in Business and Education in 1996. She then attended Brandeis University of Waltham, Massachusetts where she earned her MBA in 1998. Jessica specialized in Human Services, Child, Youth and Families.

Institutional Connection
Greenville College is a four-year, coeducational Christian liberal arts college located in Greenville, Illinois. Founded in 1892, it is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church. Approximately 980 traditional students come from 40 states and 8 foreign countries, divided almost equally among men and women. The Adult Studies division, including undergraduate, degree-completion and graduate students, serves an additional 250 students. Greenville is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Illinois Office of Education. Greenville holds membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), Christian College Coalition, and Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

Experience in the Position
Jessica has extensive experience and involvement in youth development, especially in an urban setting. She is a Certified Prudential Youth Leadership Trainer.

Opportunities that Jessica has experienced include: managing curricular and co-curricular duties; developing and envisioning institutional goals; college level teaching; curriculum development; student development; broader awareness of Christian theology and the Free Methodist culture.

Responsibilities
Jessica promotes the development of cross-cultural courses under the General Education requirement supported by the Teagle Grant. She also sponsors mosaic, promotes CCCU and other related off-campus semester programs. She is responsible for coordinating the development and expansion of cross-cultural experiences on and off campus.

A Guiding Verse
In my spiritual walk I have really come to appreciate Romans 12:5-6. “So in Christ we who are many form one body and each belong to the other…”This verse is a reminder that celebrating diversity and the value of self-awareness is also a way to honor God and know Him better.

Email: jessica.estevez
Office Phone: 618-664-7114

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Last updated: August 19, 2003