SPONSORED: La Familia is a program that aims to help parents of first-generation college students navigate the admission process at Texas A&M-SA.
Perla Sifuentes, the mother of two high school students, speaks at a graduation ceremony for La Familia, a program to help families learn about the college admissions process. Parents who complete the program can earn up to a $1,000 scholarship for their student to attend Texas A&M University-San Antonio.When Texas A&M University-San Antonio reached out to Eric Cervantez and Perla Sifuentes earlier this year about the new La Familia program, they saw it as a life-changing opportunity.
Cervantez and Sifuentes jumped at the chance to participate. The couple, who together operate a lawn care service, moved to San Antonio about five years ago with their two children. Their oldest, 17-year-old Eric I. Cervantez, will be a senior at CAST Lead High School this fall. The proud parents saw La Familia as a powerful way to give him a head start toward his future.
Since La Familia officially launched in the spring of 2022, 178 parents have graduated from the program and $167,000 in scholarships have been awarded, according to Jesse Garza, director of parent outreach and engagement at TAMU-SA. La Familia is one of many resources that enables TAMU-SA to serve the community. The university is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and has earned the Seal of Excelencia from Excelencia in Education, the nation’s premier authority on efforts to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. More than 75 percent of the university’s students identify as Hispanic and nearly 73 percent are the first in their family to attend a university.
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