Early in the school year I (Raquel) had a classroom full of kids at a new school. Alongside an eager volunteer, I was excited to meet so many new faces and see their enthusiasm forContinue reading
Tag: studentreach
Parallelogram Season
“I am so glad I learned about parallelograms instead of taxes in school, it really helps me out during parallelogram season” this shower thought on a popular subreddit /r/showerthoughts perfectly encapsulates why our Life CoachingContinue reading
Winter Newsletter
In the picture above is Raquel with one of our first students who is graduating from trade school. We are at her families party. A lot of our older students are now entering the workContinue reading
Testing the Limits
Intro I was going to write a blog post about our weekend camping with our students. In fact I wrote and was editing it when one of co-workers wrote a far better blog post aboutContinue reading
Fall Newsletter
This past school year one of our most dedicated students named Marie entered nursing school. She has been in our program for 3 years. She is 18 and she is from Afghanistan and is notContinue reading
Thursdays in Baja
Thursdays are always an emotional day in Baja. Around noon we stand around in an oddly shaped circle and pass keys around. The keys belong to the brand-new house that is standing behind a MexicanContinue reading
Fall Newsletter
At the end of August we headed up north to Portland. Portland is in a very similar situation as Sacramento when it comes to refugee resettlement. The government likes medium sized cities for resettlement. WeContinue reading
End of Summer
This summer has had some exciting developments for our work. Last week we finished out the summer with a trip to Portland to launch a refugee program there. We helped launch the program withContinue reading
Summer Newsletter
Summer has arrived. This year we had over 70 refugee students go through our program and had a few favorites graduate. One student is not only graduating & entering college, but is also engaged toContinue reading
Palm Springs-Portland Possibilities
Last week was an exciting week for our continued work with refugees. I traveled the west coast exploring new exciting opportunities to better serve and reach the Muslim refugees. We started the week by travelingContinue reading