Joann Watkins: Community mental health is “extraordinarily gratifying”
Clinical Director Joann Watkins was a part-time therapist for North Street Community Resource Center when Puente merged with North Street in 2007. Today Puente’s Behavioral Health Services team covers all aspects of Read more -->>

Puente Executive Director Kerry Lobel came to Pescadero 13 years ago for what she thought would be a month’s vacation. Then she got involved with Puente as a volunteer, and one month became two. In 2007, she was asked
First generation Latino students can find themselves at a disadvantage in school. Their parents, many who emigrated from Mexico, may not yet speak enough English or have the formal schooling to help their children with homework,
It’s been three years since Puente held its first Zumba class in the gym at Pescadero Elementary. Even in isolated Pescadero, the fitness class – which incorporates elements of salsa, merengue and other improvised Latin
It’s wonderful when an organization succeeds – but there is a special kind of parental pride that comes from having been there from the beginning and witnessed its first steps in the world.
That is how Rob Johnson
Puente has openings for volunteers to work with Puente participants in two different education programs. Volunteering for these positions will earn you major karma points, and help empower local men and women to reach their