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The 9 family members who participated in the inaugural Pathways For Our Future system by the Marshall County ISU Extension and some of the facilitators pose for a picture during the wrap up session at Miller Middle College on Oct. 17.

Grisel Chavez is a solution of the Marshalltown local community and university system, and through a program she is top at Iowa Condition University’s Marshall County Extension Place of work, she hopes she can spend her encounter ahead to enable other families seeking for a leg up.
Chavez, who serves the extension as a plan assistant in nutrition schooling applications, hosted six free of charge sessions as aspect of a software identified as “Pathways For Our Future” to guide Hispanic households in the neighborhood — precisely, center college age learners — as they put together to make selections about future careers and if/where they will go to higher education. Whilst the language barrier is even now the most clear hurdle dealing with several of these people, she said a standard lack of resources can also be a hindrance.
The Pathways For Our Long term program — Salir Adelante en Espanol — was carried out above 6 weeks and wrapped up with a application and meal at Miller Middle School on Oct. 17.
“I know (students) continue to have individuals 4 a long time of higher college to see if they want to go to college or not, so we very considerably guidebook the mom and dad on how ‘OK, if my youngsters really do not want to go to college, what do you want to do with life then?’ Do you want to open up your possess business or go to attractiveness college or do construction, you know, a little something that they are passionate about,” Chavez mentioned. “Not just pushing them to go to university, investing all this income on school and at some point, they really do not end up executing anything.”
For those who do desire to carry on their education and learning, Chavez and her crew give facts on pupil loans and FAFSA, and she shared a bit of her own experience making ready to go to university. Quinceanearas are a staple of Hispanic culture, and as Chavez observed, quite a few mother and father shell out 1000’s of dollars on the situations when their daughters transform 15.
“We talked about (how) instead of shelling out all that cash, you know you can help you save up all this dollars to go to higher education,” she explained.
In her five yrs with the ISU Extension, Chavez has experienced the opportunity to mature personally and professionally, attending conferences throughout the Midwest in locations like Chicago and Kansas Town, but even she admitted that her very own mother was skeptical at initial — just after all, it was out of her “shelter.” Nonetheless, she hopes that people today like herself and a number of of the presenters she brought in for the course can provide as a good case in point for Hispanic/Latino youngsters in just one of Iowa’s most numerous communities and remind them that nearly anything is doable.
She shared just one story of a Marshalltown native who started out at Emerson as a welder but wound up beginning his have vehicle detailing organization on the aspect and seeing that blossom.
“He has his have small business now, but then he understands that soon after a although, if he’s having much less clientele, he nonetheless has his vocation,” she claimed. “He was quite straightforward, and I truly liked that.”
The nine families who participated this calendar year gave Chavez a great deal of constructive comments, and she also created absolutely sure to shout out the area Mexican grocery outlets that donated foodstuff for just about every session along with other critical facilitators like County Youth Services Coordinator Elizabeth Emley, two MHS instructors and a Miller personnel member. Based mostly on the success of the inaugural Pathways For Our Long term plan, she hopes to offer it once again in the potential, and she cannot wait around to see how it will proceed to expand.
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