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South Coast Stories

A step closer to their dreams: Puente U.S. Citizenship program

Growing up in Pescadero has helped me to appreciate everything I have and not take it for granted. I admire my mother’s strength, her willingness to work, and the love for her family – traits that allowed her to become the person she is today. My mother is a naturalized US Citizen who crosses goals […]

Early Childhood Development class offers grads a second career. La clase de educación y desarrollo de la primera infancia ofrece una segunda carrera a las graduadas.

  Growing up in Mexico, Laura Romero had a plan for her future. “It was always my goal to finish school in Mexico and become a teacher,” she says. But life doesn’t always work out according to plan. Her family’s financial struggles obliged Romero to drop out of school and go to work instead.   […]

Puente partnership with Camp Jones Gulch hits 10-year milestone

María José Arriaza Ibáñez very clearly remembers the summer her son fell out of a canoe. He was eight years old, and he was out boating with other kids in a canoe on a pond at YMCA Camp Jones Gulch when it capsized. “He was a little scared, but in the end, everyone was laughing […]

A new backpack can make a difference!

  Last August, kindergartener Victoria Castro, and first-grader Liliana Lopez arrived at Puente de la Costa Sur excited to see what was in store for them. When they left, they were saddled down with brand-new backpacks full of school supplies. Castro and Lopez were two of 250 children to sign-up for Puente’s annual backpack giveaway. […]