As the lead teacher of the bilingual family cooperative Sueños Unidos/United Dreams at Puente I am proud to be part of the children’s healthy development. I am honored to see them grow and learn new academic skills that will not only help them with their school readiness but will also equip them with social […]

  This morning, Elizabeth Flores woke up in Florence, Italy. That reality is as strange and wonderful to Flores, a Pescadero High school graduate, as the story of how she ended up there. Last year, Flores, 24, heard about a semester-long study abroad program offered by the San Mateo County Community College District. As a […]

I remember, though somewhat distantly, Puente’s founding. A service center was desperately needed to assist the isolated South Coast of San Mateo County, which was being informally served by the Half Moon Bay-based Opportunity Center (now known as Coastside Hope.) My memories of this past decade with Puente are far more vivid. Led by Kerry […]

Itzel Negrete applied to participate in Puente’s Youth Leadership and Employment Program this summer and, like the other 46 applicants, members of the Puente staff interviewed her to discuss her dreams, her growth, her journey and her interests and to help us find her the best internship this summer. I sat across the table from […]