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Please contact Marianne Riggio, Director of the Educational Leadership Program, at <a href="mailto:Marianne.Riggio@Perkins.org">Marianne.Riggio@Perkins.org</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-fabad01293d57a9c03b3e4e3aa1d612a" class="block block-views even"> <div class="view view-elp-profile-primary-fields view-id-elp_profile_primary_fields view-display-id-block view-dom-id-0e59d1cdf783450c0828158cde514d95"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-elp-country-of-origin"> <div class="field-content"><p>Kenya (Residence)<br> Kenya (Origin)</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-elp-year-of-graduation"> <div class="field-content"><p>ELP class of <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2014</span></p></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-elp-job-info"> <div class="field-content"><p>Project Officer at Nairobi Family Support Services</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-intro-text-field-block" class="block block-views odd"> <div class="view view-intro-text-field view-id-intro_text_field view-display-id-block view-dom-id-01a25e283cd4bf159a9e850f40893e1b"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-intro-text"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <article class="node-1264 node node-elp-profile view-mode-full clearfix" about="/international/elp/profiles/edwin-mwaura" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <header> <span property="dc:title" content="Mwaura" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="field field-name-field-elp-specialties field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Specialties: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Advocacy</div><div class="field-item odd">Communication</div><div class="field-item even">Daily Living Skills</div><div class="field-item odd">Fine and Gross Motor Skills</div><div class="field-item even">Parenting and Family Support</div><div class="field-item odd">Psychology/Counseling</div><div class="field-item even">Recreation and Leisure/Play Skills</div><div class="field-item odd">Sensory Development</div><div class="field-item even">Social Skills</div><div class="field-item odd">Teaching MDVI/DB</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Biography: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Edwin is a project officer at Nairobi Family Support Services. 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