LISA ALVAREZ
SCHOLARSHIP OFFICER

Lisa Alvarez is responsible for managing the community foundation managed and donor involved scholarships.  This includes overseeing the annual scholarship selection process, working with scholarship fundholders to provide strategic and tactical planning, and creating a high visibility scholarship program.  

In 2001, Lisa joined the Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth and Families™, a division of Peninsula Community Foundation.  Her responsibilities included coordinating and supporting key elements of the School Readiness Initiative and the Kickoff to Kindergarten program as well as creating and maintaining fiscal and administrative operational procedures for the Partnership for Children, Youth and Families.  Lisa’s prior work experience includes creating awareness around college entry requirements and facilitating the admissions process for traditionally underrepresented high school students.    

Lisa has always sought to be involved with work that promotes education as she feels it is one of the building blocks for success.  Because of this, she is proud to be working with an organization that is making a positive impact on the region and making a college education a reality for youth and families.  Lisa graduated from San José State University with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.  An immigrant from Mexico, she was raised and currently resides in San Mateo County with her husband, Carlos, son Carlos Jr., and daughter Maya.