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When Luma Dadwood left Iraq for safer living in the United States, she said she “left everything behind.” “I felt shy and lonely and had no friends,” she said. After enrolling her children in school, […]

Francisca Juarez works as a shift manager at McDonald’s and to address her language barrier she was experiencing in both work life and personal life, she turned to Huntington Beach Adult School. […]

Applying for citizenship in the U.S. can be a complicated process, with confusing paperwork and bureaucratic requirements. But according to Joseph Navales, Supervising Attorney for Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, the biggest roadblock is one often overlooked by citizenship applicants: learning English. […]

Sergei Koltovoskoi came to America to find opportunities, the fitness instructor says. Thanks to Huntington Beach Adult Education’s English-as-a-Second-Language program, his search was made a lot easier. […]

East Region Adult Education offers flexible schedules and multiple class sites that focus on supporting local adult learners. […]

In the summer of 2018, Angel Huete arrived at the Houston, Texas border with few essentials—a can of peas and bottled water. […]

When Gabby Galvez decided she wanted to continue her education, she chose East Region Adult Education to learn English as a second language and to also obtain a high school diploma to help her with better job prospects. At that point, she had not received any kind of formal education in a classroom setting for about 30 years. […]

For Victor Manuel Dominguez, 38, of El Cajon, joining East Region Adult Education to learn English as a second language was a game changer. […]

When the pandemic hit, a skyrocketing number of Californians lost their jobs—Angie Good was one of those statistics. With the lockdowns lingering and sadly, many businesses not making it, Good made a decision that would impact her life monumentally. […]

Nearly six years ago, 49-year-old Alma Espino earned a General Equivalency Diploma from Grossmont Adult Education in El Cajon. With this accomplishment, Espino set a new standard for her family, as neither she nor her parents were high school graduates. […]

As manager for the East Region Adult Education Consortium, Ute Maschke sees how adult education opportunities not only improve the lives of students and their families, but uplift local economies and communities. […]

In many ways, adult education is the best-kept secret up and down the state. And people who do know adult education exists often think it is only for learning English or finishing high school. But today, adult education offers so much more: Opportunities to start a new, well-paying career abound, including in-demand jobs in health care, manufacturing and information technology. […]