Common Hope Blog

Hairon Josúe Chiroy Ponce is currently in 11th grade studying in vocational school to become a mechanic. In addition to his family’s economic instability, Hairon has been affected by other family issues, namely his parents’ separation. Over the past few years, Hairon began to develop into a fairly rebellious adolescent. Although he always did well [...]

Parents and teens were invited last month to the Family Development Center to hear about the new youth program, Metamorphosis. The program is for youth who are at risk of dropping out, repeating, or failing grades at school. These students have been identified by their social workers and have been invited to participate in the [...]

Meeting clean-cut Josué Martínez for the first time, you would never guess that this well-spoken 28-year-old grew up in a house made of scrap metal with no cement floor. Beating the odds, Josué was able to graduate from high school in 2001 with the help of Common Hope, and he went on to study four [...]

María del Carmen, whose family has been affiliated with Common Hope for over ten years, graduated from high school in 2006 with a degree in accounting. After graduation she was determined to get a job to support her family, but her degree could only take her so far in her search. María knew she would [...]