Volunteer tutor Joan Dollinger, left, has mentored Jocefina Vargas for nearly three years at the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora, which recently was honored by the Library of Congress for its program. Denise Crosby/Beacon-News

Aurora literacy group wins Library of Congress award

Article from the Beacon News: Jocefina Vargas has spent the last three decades — since coming to Aurora from Mexico as an 18-year-old — learning the English language. She got a good start her one and only year at East Aurora High School, and certainly made progress in Waubonsee Community College’s ESL program five years…

Graduate of Aurora’s Dominican Literacy Center gives back to community (Aurora Beacon News)

Graduate of Aurora’s Dominican Literacy Center gives back to community (Aurora Beacon News)

Aurora resident Silvia Larios wasn’t born in this community — or this country, for that matter — but says she loves giving back to it. “Giving back” is the mantra of the graduate from the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora who came to the facility with some language skills in 2010 and has been using…