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South Coast Stories

Puente is 20: finding power in community. Puente cumple 20 años: encuentra poder en la comunidad.

Puente is 20: finding power in community The story of Puente is the story of two different organizations that bridged to each other to form a new Puente. Carol Young-Holt came to the South Coast in 1989, long before Puente. As an early childhood educator, she focused on young children and their families, an underserved […]

The food paradox: farm workers’ search for quality, affordable food in the land of plenty. La paradoja de la comida: la búsqueda de calidad, comida asequible en la tierra de los agricultores.

Ruben Ramirez and Abraham Bernardino know their vegetables. The men are farm workers who grow and harvest crops on a farm on the San Mateo County Coast – ten hours a day, six days a week. The longest hours are right about now, in the late summer. Because of where they live, they both spend […]

Pescadero farmworker supports youth teams across borders. Un trabajador agrícola de Pescadero apoya equipos juveniles de fútbol a través de las fronteras

    As a child, Manuel Angel Nuñez Rodriguez (known among his friends as Meño) witnessed his father’s passion for soccer firsthand. He’d founded a team, ‘Club Deportivo Arenal Santa Cruz,’ to give local Mexican youth the opportunity to play soccer against other regional teams. He wasn’t just the manager; he was also the coach […]

A former Puente youth becomes the teacher. Una joven de Puente se convierte en maestra.

Danna Gonzalez has been a student on the South Coast her whole life. And most recently, an apprentice, learning about her chosen field of early childhood education alongside experienced teachers who could show her the way. Now, the student has become the teacher. Gonzalez is spending most of her summer in a professional internship, working […]