Success Stories

Julissa Figueroa grew up in Puerto Rico, where she trained as a respiratory therapist before coming to the United States as an Army...

Originally from Tanzania, Fransiska emigrated to the United States in search of better opportunities. She promptly enrolled at Literacy...

It's graduation season in Williamsburg, and at Literacy for Life we are thrilled to be celebrating the achievements of our recent high...

Jin Xin Wang’s file at Literacy for Life contains a long list of goal achievements. The first, dated March of 2014, was “Learned alphabet...

Daiga Pluceja loved her beautiful farm in Latvia, but her life there ended when her husband passed away. She moved to Williamsburg to...

On March 11, Rachael Grove came to Literacy for Life to inquire about the GED. On March 12, the agency closed its doors due to COVID-19....

"I didn't know how much I didn't know!" said Mary Smallwood of her time before taking HEAL classes. Mary has lived with diabetes for over...

Wendy Romero emigrated to the US from Honduras in 2005 in search of a better life. She spoke a little English, “just a few words, not...

Juan Jose Mayo Quintero fled Venezuela for the United States because political persecution meant his life was in danger. He held a degree...

Chapter one of Qurat’s American dream has been a story of struggle: abandonment, single motherhood, poverty. Unexpectedly finding herself...

Violent crime was a daily reality for Alma in her native El Salvador, and she lived her life looking over her shoulder—at times even...