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…