Jose Monterrosa, Author at AVANCE San Antonio

Two new programs for student parents launched this fall at the Alamo Colleges District. In August, the nonprofit AVANCE-San Antonio opened a Head Start program at Palo Alto College. And, in September, AVANCE started a class for prospective student parents at San Antonio College. At a ceremony on Wednesday, officials with the city, the nonprofit,…

A new partnership between the Alamo Colleges District and AVANCE –San Antonio is helping student parents pursue higher education while ensuring their children receive high-quality early learning and care. The partnership was announced during a press conference at the Alamo Colleges District ACCESS Building on Wednesday, November 12, where leaders from both organizations joined student…

Amiro, 3, squeals when his mom picks him up from day care, running to her, showing off acorns he found on the playground and a painting he worked on that day. His mom Lorena Salinas is a pre-nursing student at Palo Alto College. She doesn’t have to go far to pick her son up after…

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) is launching a pilot program aimed at enhancing student success through family bonding. In partnership with AVANCE San Antonio, the initiative focuses on a parent-child education program designed for children aged 0 to 4 at Highland Hills Elementary and Mission Academy. Parents will attend weekly…