Back in high school I received a great piece of advice: if you want to be successful in life, always set goals for your professional and personal life. I’ve found goal setting to be both clarifying and empowering because it sets a clear direction to work toward. These...
This post was written by Marcos Contreras, a former member of our team. When my parents immigrated to the United States, they sought to give their children opportunities they did not have growing up in civil war-torn El Salvador. They sought to provide us an...
When I first moved to Denver, I worked in affordable housing, and spent time at my organization’s various properties around the metro area. The largest of these was in the East Colfax neighborhood of Aurora, which housed over 300 families, nearly all of which were...
Ten years ago this month, my mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer. After the initial shock wore off, my family and I had to quickly come to terms with our new reality. My mom would require surgery to have her football-sized tumor removed, but she was lucky to...