New after-school program offers students and their families free tutoring, meals
 

When she was younger, Ariana Julien didn’t always know where to go for help with her homework.

Her mother worked and was busy raising three children — and she didn’t always understand the new math lessons that Julien brought home.

So, Julien found help at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Fe on Jaguar Drive, where staff members like Crystal Sandoval — who still works at the club — helped her. Now 18 and a student at Tierra Encantada Charter School, Julien is giving back by volunteering at the Boys & Girls Clubs to help younger children, such as Laylaenni Olivas. The two were using a map puzzle to review a geography lesson as part a new after-school program called The Homework Diner, which started in early November and has already drawn about 80 students, mostly from south-side schools…