One of the most successful, long-standing outreach programs at ASU builds on a key family dynamic: strengthening the bond between a teenage girl and her parent. The ASU Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, having helped thousands of young women finish high school and attend college. All participants, who are first-generation students, make a 10-year commitment in the eighth grade to attend ASU workshops with their mothers and learn the skills needed to succeed. Eileana Felix remembers those 30-minute bus rides with her mother from Creighton School in Phoenix to ASU as a highlight of the program. Her mother encouraged her, and her ASU mentors believed in her when she didn’t believe in herself. Felix graduated from ASU in 2006, and today she works with the Osborn School District as the...
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