Category: Tia Katy’s Corner

All I want this holiday season is to go to school! During the holidays I get many messages from wonderful people wanting to do something special for the students we support in Mexico. During our first few years my local team and...

Thanksgiving has always been a time for me to reflect on all that I have to be grateful for. However, before I founded the Educarte program my list did not include my sons having had access to a free public-school education...

EDUCARTE TO HOST 1st EVER “LOTERIA” EVENT IN NOVEMBER! Since I founded the Educarte program in Rocky Point in 2016, more than 90% of the funding to support the program has been provided by donations to our non-profit partner in...

This month I thought it would be interesting to re-share an abbreviated version of my article from July of 2020 and then provide a brief update on where we are today! July 2020: An unexpected shift from education to food In 2016...

As many of you know, in 2016 I started a program called ‘Educarte’ to provide local youth with a path out of poverty through education. This program is rooted in my very strong belief that where a child starts in life should not...

MY WHY: For the past nine years I have devoted much of my life to improving the lives of kids in this community. The program I started in 2016 to help provide local youth with a path out of poverty through education has grown...

MY WHY The three girls in these photos inspired the program I founded in Rocky Point, Mexico six years ago. They came into my life in 2012 when I began volunteering at a children’s shelter in town. When I met them, they were...