This new school year comes loaded with great news, making us proud of who we are. After twenty years of serving the Latine community, our commitment to empowering Latine women through education, enterprise, and leadership is more alive than ever. We continue to grow as a team, expanding our programs and looking for new tools and resources to continue positively impacting the lives of our participants.

Read on the see what's new this school year inside our Education Programs at Adelante Mujeres!

Our graduation celebrations are looking a little different this year due to the pandemic. Our Adult Education team opted for a small, outdoor, socially-distanced and masked gathering. It was a sweet reunion, full of tear-jerking moments as we celebrated the hard work and accomplishments of the women in our Adult Education Program.

My name is Griselda Hernández García, but I also go by Gray. I am from Mexico. I moved to Oregon back in 2006 at 19 years old with a 2-year-old daughter. I had no family here so it was difficult to start working and learning to drive. At that time, I wanted to return to school but felt like it was impossible since I had to work to support both my little girl and I.

From guest blogger Angela V.! “ Since graduating, I can’t help but look at reading as a chore or task. The feeling of impending doom at the thought of being quizzed and not knowing some obscure passage from an assigned reading definitely informed my reading habits, for better or worse.”