Archive for January, 2012

Por Gissela SantaCruz
¡ahora sí!
La educación es clave del éxito. Y la evidencia está en las cifras.
Un estudio por parte del Censo 2000 revela que las personas que no se graduaron de la preparatoria ganan en promedio $12,000 al año menos que alguien que sí se graduó. Es más, una persona con educación superior gana más de $52,500 [...]

Por Liliana Valenzuela
¡ahora sí!
Muchos sueñan con convertirse en ingenieros del espacio, pero pocos lo logran. Sylvia Acevedo, de 54 años, es una de los muy contados latinos que comenzaron su carrera como ingeniero del espacio. Y al ver la necesidad educativa en la comunidad latina, busca empoderar a la juventud parasoñar en grande. Más…

Austin Feria is just around the corner! We are in the final stretch of Feria preparation and things are really coming together. This past Saturday, Con Mi Madre came out to help sort and bag the 15,000 books that have been donated and collected throughout the year. Thanks to these wonderful ladies we were able [...]

‘The Learning Fair’ Has Gained Traction as Region’s Largest Education Event. 2012 Feria Returns With an Educational Path to Increase Workforce for Central Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas (January 6, 2012) – When the Feria Para Aprender™ (The Learning Fair) takes place at the end of the month, it will not only mark several new milestones for Central [...]

What a year!
2011 will go down in the books as one of Feria Para Aprender’s most successful years. Thanks to everyone involved with the Feria, we were able to expand the program to Dallas and Miami. Los Angeles shattered all previous attendance records with over 40,000 people joining us for the third annual Es El Momento: [...]