If you haven't already, please make a gift before the end of the year. Your donation will give tomorrow's leaders the support they need today. Each of the women you'll read about below are incredible on their own. Together, they are unstoppable. Erica Baez graduated from The Care Center’s GED program twenty years ago and returned this fall to attend college at Bard … [Read more...] about Meet Our Students
Student Profiles
My Journey from Student to Staff Member
My job at The Care Center is to help young parents get to and through college. And I know how difficult college can be with small children and a limited income. I was one of Bard Microcollege Holyoke's first four graduates. I'm the mother of two great kids, Hector, 14, and Adrian, 6. Without The Care Center's support when Hector was younger, getting to and through college would have been much … [Read more...] about My Journey from Student to Staff Member
Care Center Graduate Earns B.S. in Biotechnology
Kathleen Martinez has always loved school, particularly STEM subjects. But shortly after having a baby boy at age 16, she made the difficult decision to leave high school. When she learned that The Care Center had a GED program and a daycare, she signed up right away. Today, Kathleen has a bachelor of science degree in biotechnology from Northeastern University and works at a pharmaceutical … [Read more...] about Care Center Graduate Earns B.S. in Biotechnology
Sheynatais Rivera on How College Impacts her Baby
Sheynatais “Shey” Rivera is the first in her family to attend college. She is thriving in her first year at Bard Microcollege Holyoke. Shey is currently taking a sociology course and is fascinated by the way false stereotypes can lead to real consequences in life. Shey, like so many other young mothers and women of color, has dealt with others’ negative stereotypes. “I have had a lot of people … [Read more...] about Sheynatais Rivera on How College Impacts her Baby
