The Journey Together
She Wanted a Trash Can for Christmas!
I didn't expect my final blog entry of 2024 to be about a trashcan, but this story shows exactly why our work is so unique. Every year, our mentors choose specific...
She Wanted a Trash Can for Christmas!
I didn't expect my final blog entry of 2024 to be about a trashcan, but this story shows exactly why our work is so unique. Every year, our mentors choose specific...
Presencia Changed Haly's Life
Wanda texted our team this week, letting us know that Haly was moving away. Rising rents forced her family out of our neighborhood. Immediately, I thought about how confidently she...
Presencia Changed Haly's Life
Wanda texted our team this week, letting us know that Haly was moving away. Rising rents forced her family out of our neighborhood. Immediately, I thought about how confidently she...
Hope is a Choice
In the past week, as I processed election news, talked with donors, sat with our students, strategized with our fundraising team, and worked on the annual report, I swung back...
Hope is a Choice
In the past week, as I processed election news, talked with donors, sat with our students, strategized with our fundraising team, and worked on the annual report, I swung back...
What do we do now?
Early into the first Trump term, Ruthie and I were watching families torn apart in our neighborhood, following the attempts to dismantle DACA, and feeling a sense of despair creeping...
What do we do now?
Early into the first Trump term, Ruthie and I were watching families torn apart in our neighborhood, following the attempts to dismantle DACA, and feeling a sense of despair creeping...
Elections Matter to the Presencia Community
When the nation debates about immigrants and immigration, the children in our neighborhood feel it. They have grown up through a series of political pendulum swings, with the introduction of...
Elections Matter to the Presencia Community
When the nation debates about immigrants and immigration, the children in our neighborhood feel it. They have grown up through a series of political pendulum swings, with the introduction of...
We won't let violence define our community
The loss of lives at nearby Apalachee High School hit our community hard. Many of our students carry stories of gun violence in their bodies. They go to school thinking...
We won't let violence define our community
The loss of lives at nearby Apalachee High School hit our community hard. Many of our students carry stories of gun violence in their bodies. They go to school thinking...