Success Stories

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...

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...