Community Spotlight this month is on:
The Junior League of Austin’s Hispanic Mother–Daughter Program.
Who are they?
The Junior League of Austin’s Hispanic Mother–Daughter Program was founded in 1992 to provide Hispanic female students with the educational and social support needed to encourage academic and personal success, thereby striving to increase the representation of Hispanic females in higher education.
What do they do?
The Junior League of Austin’s Hispanic Mother–Daughter Program is a college preparatory program for Hispanic females in the 6th–12th grades. These girls are partner participants with their mothers throughout the duration of the program. Many of these girls will be the first in their families to attend college.
How do they do it?
The Junior League of Austin’s Hispanic Mother–Daughter Program provides the following services to their program participants:
- Mother–daughter conferences
- Academic and personal counseling
- Tutoring
- Volunteer opportunities
- College visits
- Computer camps
- Campus meetings
- Mentoring
- Summer leadership conference
- Scholarship opportunities.
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How SAMHSA’s Hispanic/Latino Initiative Helped
The ¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina! materials have truly benefited our program because we serve both English- and Spanish-speaking families; hence, bilingual materials are of utmost importance to us. In addition, self-esteem is an issue that we are constantly addressing with our students, and your materials have aided us in both our individual and group work with students. Additionally, thanks to the availability of these free materials, we have been able to give ¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina! materials to each of our students so that they can work on the activities with their mothers.
We extend our most sincere appreciation to ¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina! for sharing such wonderful materials with our students and their parents. They are fantastic tools!
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