After attending a meeting about the AVANCE to College program, Maria Guadalupe Rivera enrolled with her youngest daughter, not realizing it would change the trajectory of her life.

In 1978, Kristina Olveda was new to San Antonio and without much of a social circle. But after a friend told her about an AVANCE program for kids, she went to the AVANCE office to learn more.

Nancy Carrasco and her son graduated from PCEP at AVANCE-Austin in 2019, but that was just the beginning of their journey.

Yessica Orellana was struggling to adapt to her new life in the United States when she had her son. One day, she came across a PCEP graduation on social media, and curious, she looked into the program.

Irma Ríos had reluctantly settled into being a housewife after moving to the United States when a friend asked if she would be interested in taking parenting classes and gave her the phone number to AVANCE.

Gael and Cristina Rodriguez married in 2014, and that same year, Cristina enrolled in the AVANCE Early Head Start (EHS) program while pregnant. That would be the start of the Rodriguez family’s journey with AVANCE.

In 2022, Thelma Garza was picking up her children from school when an AVANCE teacher approached her with information about PCEP. Her youngest child was only three then, so she decided to try the program.

In 2009, Leticia Garibay attended a Women’s Day event to hear a well-known author speak. At the event, an AVANCE representative said something that resonated so strongly that Leticia immediately registered for PCEP.

Irene Garza began her journey with AVANCE in 2022 when she was 37 and her youngest son was two. She enrolled in PCEP expecting to improve her parenting skills but found so much more.