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Un Refugio Seguro para Nuestra Familia<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Por Laura Gunter, Educadora de Padres de PCEP en AVANCE, madre de Early Head Start\u00a0
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Me enter\u00e9 de AVANCE poco despu\u00e9s de mudarme de Louisiana a Texas en busca de mejores oportunidades. Como \u00e9ramos nuevos en la zona, no conoc\u00edamos a mucha gente, y yo buscaba cuidado para mi hija menor, algo que le diera un buen comienzo y me permitiera regresar al trabajo. Fue entonces cuando encontr\u00e9 un hogar de cuidado infantil aliado con AVANCE.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ese lugar se convirti\u00f3 en un refugio seguro para nuestra familia, especialmente para mi hija menor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antes de encontrar a AVANCE, no pod\u00eda trabajar. Estaba decidida a cuidar de mis hijos de la mejor manera posible. Despu\u00e9s de vivir la pandemia, todo se sent\u00eda tan inestable. Simplemente no me sent\u00eda c\u00f3moda ni lista para enviarla a un preescolar.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AVANCE cambi\u00f3 eso. Fue reconfortante encontrar un lugar que no solo se preocupara por la seguridad de mi hija, sino tambi\u00e9n por su desarrollo y, sobre todo, por sus habilidades sociales y emocionales. La comunicaci\u00f3n y el involucramiento de los maestros y el personal fueron extraordinarios. Saber que nuestra hija estaba en buenas manos cuando mi esposo y yo la dej\u00e1bamos cada ma\u00f1ana nos daba tranquilidad. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Pensar en la dedicaci\u00f3n y el esfuerzo de sus maestras todav\u00eda me conmueve el coraz\u00f3n. La se\u00f1ora Garza, directora del centro y aliada de AVANCE, tuvo un impacto incre\u00edble en nuestras vidas. Quer\u00eda a nuestra familia, y se notaba. Siempre iba m\u00e1s all\u00e1; su esp\u00edritu amable y servidor marc\u00f3 la diferencia en momentos dif\u00edciles.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Algunos d\u00edas, simplemente llegar a la escuela ya era un logro en nuestra ajetreada vida, as\u00ed que el d\u00eda de la graduaci\u00f3n sigue siendo uno de nuestros recuerdos m\u00e1s preciados. Ver a mi hija terminar su primera experiencia escolar fue muy gratificante.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Su transici\u00f3n a la escuela fue sencilla porque estaba preparada. M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo acad\u00e9mico, aprendi\u00f3 a expresar sus sentimientos, regular sus emociones e interactuar con otros. Se adapt\u00f3 a rutinas, comportamientos positivos y un curr\u00edculo que cubr\u00eda sus necesidades y la prepar\u00f3 para el \u00e9xito.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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AVANCE tambi\u00e9n cambi\u00f3 por completo mi perspectiva del futuro. Cuando llegu\u00e9 como participante, cre\u00eda saber lo que quer\u00eda hacer. Pero me ofrecieron la oportunidad de unirme al equipo, y al ver que cre\u00edan en mi capacidad y potencial, la acept\u00e9. Ahora estoy en un momento muy feliz de mi vida, haciendo algo totalmente distinto a lo que hab\u00eda planeado, pero igual de gratificante. He aprendido que las metas peque\u00f1as pueden llevarte a lograr otras m\u00e1s grandes, as\u00ed que trabajo por las m\u00edas con paciencia. Siempre estoy creciendo y luchando por lo mejor para m\u00ed y mi familia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tambi\u00e9n encontramos una comunidad en AVANCE. Durante este camino, conocimos a familias, maestros y personal que siguen brind\u00e1ndonos apoyo. Y ahora que soy parte del equipo de AVANCE, tengo mentoras y compa\u00f1eras maravillosas que me ayudan a crecer cada d\u00eda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cualquier padre que est\u00e9 considerando un programa de AVANCE: no se arrepentir\u00e1n. Les dar\u00e1n las herramientas para darles a sus hijos lo que nadie m\u00e1s puede: su tiempo, cari\u00f1o, experiencias y cultura. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Me enter\u00e9 de AVANCE poco despu\u00e9s de mudarme a Texas. Yo buscaba cuidado para mi hija menor. Fue entonces cuando encontr\u00e9 un hogar de cuidado infantil aliado con AVANCE. Ese lugar se convirti\u00f3 en un refugio seguro para nuestra familia.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,440],"tags":[65,37,38,388,58,39,48,49],"class_list":["post-6861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-family-story","tag-2gen","tag-avance","tag-early-head-start","tag-ece","tag-family","tag-head-start","tag-parent-child-education-program","tag-pcep"],"yoast_head":"\nA Safe Haven for our Family\u00a0 - AVANCE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I learned about AVANCE shortly after moving to Texas. 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