Ms. Andrea M. Valenzuela

Andrea Valenzuela P.O. Box 40210 Memphis, TN 38104 more info...

Andrea Valenzuela has been named the new executive director of Hands on Memphis.Valenzuela comes to Hands on Memphis with considerable experience, having worked with over 100 small business owners and nonprofit organizations throughout the mid-South area as a management consultant with alt.Consulting in areas including strategic planning, financial management and business skills training.Over the past few years she has taught several business classes, including the FastTrac Entrepreneurship training program.Currently, she is a part-time instructor of Economics at Southwest Tennessee Community College.Andrea grew up in Phoenix, AZ and has long believed in the impact of volunteerism.While in college, she worked extensively with CityCares affiliate Make a Difference.She then served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, where she established and directed a paper recycling business with local high school students.Valenzuela holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Memphis and a Bachelor in Anthropology from Arizona State.Fluent in Spanish and active in the Latino community in Memphis, she and her husband, Gilberto, own a small business that rehabs homes in the Memphis area and provides affordable rental housing.

Andrea Valenzuela has been named the new executive director of Hands on Memphis.Valenzuela comes to Hands on Memphis with considerable experience, having worked with over 100 small business owners and nonprofit organizations throughout the mid-South area as a management consultant with alt.Consulting in areas including strategic planning, financial management and business skills training.Over the past few years she has taught several business classes, including the FastTrac Entrepreneurship training program.Currently, she is a part-time instructor of Economics at Southwest Tennessee Community College.Andrea grew up in Phoenix, AZ and has long believed in the impact of volunteerism.While in college, she worked extensively with CityCares affiliate Make a Difference.She then served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, where she established and directed a paper recycling business with local high school students.Valenzuela holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Memphis and a Bachelor in Anthropology from Arizona State.Fluent in Spanish and active in the Latino community in Memphis, she and her husband, Gilberto, own a small business that rehabs homes in the Memphis area and provides affordable rental housing.

Contact Name: Andrea ValenzuelaContact Email: andrea@altconsulting.org

Andrea Valenzuela

Andrea M. ValenzuelaManagement Consultant, Memphis, TN

Certified as a QuickBooks Professional Advisor, Ms. Valenzuela specializes in assisting small business owners in the implementation of computer accounting systems in order to create and interpret in-house financial statements.As a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, Ms. Valenzuela established and directed a small paper recycling business with local high school students.The business served as a training program, teaching basic entrepreneurial and job readiness skills to the youth participants.She also has five years teaching experience including specialized training in curriculum development and lesson planning.

Ms. Valenzuela is a Cum Laude graduate of Arizona State University.She has also earned a MBA and a MA in Economics from the University of Memphis.

About 100 volunteers have signed up to participate in Monday's "activities to bring Dr. King's message to children," said Andrea Valenzuela, executive director of Hands On Memphis.

She said this year's summit was designed "to examine Dr. King's legacy over 35 years after his death."

"It's really to bring Dr. King's message to the children," Hands executive director Andrea Valenzuela said.