When Aime Bakundukize was 8, his family fled war-torn Mozambique for asylum in the U.S. But while they benefited from safety and security, he lost his friends and found himself unable to connect with others because he didn’t speak English. “When you find out that you...
Corona Del Ray resident Trinity Shaker, 19, said she’s destined to become a pediatrician. Born with a heart defect, her passion for the medical science that saved her life is unwavering and she wants to travel the world to bring the gift of medicine to children in...
Tasha Sadler always dreamed of becoming a pediatric nurse, but she was always too busy – first helping her ailing mother and then raising her two daughters – and the goal seemed unachievable. “My girls are my whole world, and everything I do, I do for them,” she said....
Charles, a Navy veteran who lives at Veterans Park in Pomona, is pursuing higher education with the help of a Building Bright Futures scholarship he received in June 2023. His wife, Alexa, takes part in financial empowerment workshops through Pathways to Economic...
Eileen, a resident of National CORE’s Corona de Oro community, solidified a plan to decrease her debt and leveraged $1,200 in savings to collect $1,200 in matching funds — all thanks to skills she and 33 other National CORE residents gained from Hope through...
In celebration of National Volunteer Week, 26 Hope through Housing volunteers trekked across Southern California to support three of our initiatives. With the support of Bank of America, Pacific Western Bank and U.S. Bank, 29 hours of community service were donated...
