Impact:

Press play to view Evan's testimony about the Under the Stars program for emancipated foster youth!

". . . Cuando empezamos con todo esto, jamas llegamos a imaginar que trascenderia tanto, muchas gracias por todo Miss Leila."

- Obdulia Santana

100% of Parent Academy graduates:

  • Understand cultural expectations for success
  • Embrace the mission of their child’s school
  • Gained working knowledge of the U.S.
    • educational system
  • Learned strategies to have productive meetings with school staff
  • Developed skills to become valuable school volunteers
  • Mastered literacy approaches that boost their children’s reading and writing skills
  • Learned how to help their children with homework
  • Obtained library cards
  • Became familiar with community resources
  • Learned to navigate their public library
  • Made personal improvement goals
  • Enrolled in ESL courses
  • Became community ambassadors
  • Aspire to lead