{"id":3418,"date":"2022-11-16T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avancesa.org\/staging\/3878\/?page_id=3418"},"modified":"2026-05-02T19:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T00:29:47","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.avancesa.org\/staging\/3878\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tHistory of AVANCE San Antonio\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tBE A CHAMPION OF A FAMILY&#8217;S FUTURE\t<\/h2>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/staging\/3878\/donate\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avancesa.org\/staging\/3878\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ButtonGIVE.2-Avance-San-Antonio.png\" alt=\"ButtonGIVE.2-Avance-San-Antonio\" height=\"535\" width=\"1918\" title=\"ButtonGIVE.2-Avance-San-Antonio\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<h4>Our journey started in 1972 when two Cornell University doctoral students studying under Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner created the original AVANCE-Mother Infant Program in Dallas. Then in 1973, AVANCE established the San Antonio office and began offering classes in the Marisol Housing Project.\u00a0<\/h4>\n\t<p>Since the program&#8217;s\u00a0inception, AVANCE has earned broad recognition and funding from various sources. Notable visits from national and international dignitaries include the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Prince Charles of Wales, Oprah\u00a0Winfrey\u00a0and former U.S. First Ladies Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Clinton, the late Barbara Bush, and Laura Bush. 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