Репетитор-доброволец Джоан Доллингер (слева) на протяжении почти трех лет опекает Джосефину Варгас в Доминиканском центре грамотности в Авроре, который недавно был отмечен Библиотекой Конгресса США за свою программу. Дениз Кросби/ Beacon-News

Группа по распространению грамотности из Авроры получила награду Библиотеки Конгресса США

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…

DLC honored by City of Aurora

DLC honored by City of Aurora

During the April 9 City Council Meeting, the City honored the Dominican Literacy Center of Aurora for 25 years of service to Aurora. Thanks to the effort of the 7-member staff and 200+ volunteers, more than 3,000 women have learned English in the last 25 years and hundreds of families have been successfully prepared to…

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…