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Holidays Under the Stars 2020
Every year, PUENTE Learning Center hosts an annual Holidays Under the Stars celebration for our adult students and their families. In 2020, the show went on, even in these unprecedented times. Free holiday meals were provided, toys were distributed safely by social...
Lara Lightbody Joins PUENTE Learning Center Board of Directors
Lara Lightbody is a UK-qualified lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in both private practice and as an in-house counsel for various multinationals. She now runs a legal consultancy assisting companies with Asia market entry and legal department strategy....
Program Spotlight: College and Career
The PUENTE College and Career Program increases the number of low-income, primarily Latinx youth who break the cycle of intergenerational poverty through education, with a focus on Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics (STEM) and careers in Medicine....
Back to School 2020
Bridging the Gap While distance learning isn’t ideal, we are implementing the best learning programs possible for our students The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified disparities in communities of color. As a response to the immediate needs of the community, PUENTE has...
PUENTE Today Fall 2020
As the COVID-19 crisis persists, PUENTE has remained laser-focused on continuing to build bridges to education for our students and their families.
Summer Learning Goes Virtual
PUENTE's summer session has gone virtual this year due to Covid-19. This year more than ever, summer bridge learning helps close the achievement gap by mitigating “learning loss.” Our children's summer camp is bringing daily STEAM-based instruction to 100 TK-6th grade...
Chun Wong Appointed as Board Chair
LOS ANGELES, CA (JULY 14, 2020) We are pleased to announce that PUENTE Learning Center’s Board of Directors appointed business leader Chun Wong as the organization’s new Board Chair. Wong has been an active Board member at PUENTE, previously serving as Board...
Meet Valerie
To keep up with her distance learning during the COVID-19 crisis, PUENTE second-grader Valerie Ruiz needed a computer. PUENTE showed up at her doorstep to deliver a laptop (at a safe distance), and we called Valerie’s mom to share resources about getting internet...