Empowering Parents: Teaching Parents, Reaching Children
On Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m., thirteen women gather via Zoom to participate in Reading Together class, offered through Literacy...
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Literacy for Life
- Jul 27, 2021
- 1 min
"I feel free!"
Originally from Tanzania, Fransiska emigrated to the United States in search of better opportunities. She promptly enrolled at Literacy...
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Literacy for Life
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
Meet our own Magnificent Seven!
It's graduation season in Williamsburg, and at Literacy for Life we are thrilled to be celebrating the achievements of our recent high...
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Literacy for Life
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
JIN XIN WANG: Business owner & American citizen
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...
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Literacy for Life
- Apr 15, 2021
- 1 min
DAIGA: 'Grandma! I can understand you!'
Daiga Pluceja loved her beautiful farm in Latvia, but her life there ended when her husband passed away. She moved to Williamsburg to...
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Literacy for Life
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
RACHAEL: From limited education to limitless future
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....
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Literacy for Life
- Mar 30, 2021
- 1 min
MARY: Health literacy changed her attitude on doctor visits
"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...
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Literacy for Life
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
WENDY: An example to her daughters (and inspiration to all)
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...
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Literacy for Life
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
JUAN JOSÉ: On the road to a great career
Juan Jose Mayo Quintero fled Venezuela for the United States because political persecution meant his life was in danger. He held a degree...
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Literacy for Life
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
QURAT: From poverty and abandonment to promising career
Chapter one of Qurat’s American dream has been a story of struggle: abandonment, single motherhood, poverty. Unexpectedly finding herself...
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Literacy for Life
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
ALMA: Fleeing danger to a new life in the U.S.
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...
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