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 HelpedThe ¡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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