Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones announced the hiring of Mariela Leon as the department’s Hispanic Community Liaison. She will work in the public information office.
Since 2017, Leon has been a recruitment specialist at the Office of Human Resources. There she was responsible for improving hiring as part of the Latino Workforce Team. She wrote how-to guides on the recruitment process in Spanish, provided bilingual support to candidates and created social media accounts for the recruitment and selection team.
Prior to that, Leon worked with the Department of Health and Human Services as an income assistance program specialist case manager. There she helped residents in need of medical assistance, worked with undocumented pregnant women and children to obtain medical coverage and referred victims of sexual assault to the Victim Assistance and Sexual Assault Program or the Crisis Center.
Through all this work, she provided Spanish language translation.
Leon is the first person in her family to attend college. She earned a bachelors degree in applied science and criminal justice and a master of business administration. Her father immigrated from Guatemala, and mother came from El Salvador.
