Introducing BIIN’s new Director, Vannessa Rivera To pursue its mission, BIIN relies on the skills and gifts of many people: staff, board, volunteers, donors, community partners and clients. Having benefited for many years from the steady leadership of Jaimi Washburn, BIIN now begins a new phase of its history, as Read more
Immigrant Stories: Elizabeth Monarrez Maria Elizabeth Monarrez was born in a little town in Durango, Mexico which is where most of her family still lives today. In Mexico, she had what she considered “a simple life.” She grew up taking care of her father’s cattle by taking them to the Read more
Immigrant Stories: Juanita Garza Meet Juanita Garza. She is from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. After being raised in, getting married and starting a family in Nuevo Laredo, Juanita did not expect to come to the United States. Her husband had a stable job working in a factory in Laredo, a neighboring Read more
Shared stories: colleagues reflect on overlapping periods of service to BIIN You know the lyrics, “There is a season, turn, turn, turn…” BIIN is turning a page this season, and as the organization adapts to some significant changes in the composition of its staff, we wanted to turn the mic Read more