Graduates

Juan Carlos Gomez Vargas

Sponsor:

Fran Kean

Juan Carlos Gomez Vara is 16 and has a clear mission to continue his education to become a teacher of Physical Education. He has seen enough of poverty and low paid jobs that do not pay enough to provide a very basic living. He is very happy at the school and appreciates the quiet ambience and has a clear vision of his Graduation Certificate in his hands.

Rosa Maria Mendiola Barrera

Sponsor:

John and Gillian Ball

Rosa María Mendiola Barrera is 16 years old. Her family is made up of mother, sister and stepfather. Her mother is a housewife and stepfather is a farmer who does not earn much but helps with school expenses. Rosa Maria also works to help with costs of living. Her mother is due for an operation in November. She is really impressed with the school and feels that she will get out the school the effort that she puts in. Finishing Prepa and continuing to study at University level is her goal and she would like to be a lawyer

Carmen Melissa Diaz Abarca

Sponsor:

Nancy E Kee

Carmen is 15 years old and lives with with her brother and parents. She has four more siblings who for economic situations live and work In the United States, Carmen walks to Don Bosco High School every day to save the bus fare since the financial resources provided by her family members are small but as both parents work, so she assumes responsibility for her younger brother, preparing meals while the parents work.

Isidro Chocolate Gonzales

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Carol Hopkins

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Carlos Teodora Samano

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Ana Laura Romero Rios

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Mike and Laura Hoey

Graduate 2021 ... Ana Laura will return to Guerrero to be with her family

Galilea Salgado Martinez

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Nineve Tous

Graduated 2021 ... now working

Diego Armando Ballardes

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John and Nancy Thompson

Graduated 2020

Alex Jeovanny Trujillo Alatorre

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J. H.

Graduated 2020

Fernando Xochipilli Vidal Garcia

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Judy and Hank Frothingham

Graduated 2021

Zayra Celina Vara Salas

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Sheila Keeler

Graduated 2021 ... Has a place at University to train as a teacher

Arlet Barreto Montaño

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Sonia Moctezuma

Graduated 2021 ... Has a place at La Salle University, Cuernavaca. BPB looking for ways to help with lodgings

Iri Daniel Martinez Flores

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Ken and Maricela Lathrop

Graduated 2020

Maria Guadalupe Oropeza Aleman

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Anita & Paul Gottshalk

Graduated 2021 ... Needs to work for a year then wants to study pediatrics

Iván Artega Zamora

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César Thome Gonzalez

Graduated 2020

Ana Cristina Villafan

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John & Joan Markovich.

Graduated 2021... Really happy to have graduated, now working in the family business

Luis Alberto Dominguez Guzman

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Salvador Copado

Graduated 2020 ... Now working in the Frontier area with his father

Daniel Colin Taboada

Sponsor:

Yolanda Islas

Daniel Colín Taboada as 15 years old. His parents earn money by selling potatoes and chicharrones at fairs. His mission is to get an education so that he can help the family get out of a trap of having to rent and move constantly, by providing a house. He sees himself studying and becoming a chef.

Samuel Mauricio Catalan Saavedra

Sponsor:

César Thomé

Samuel Mauricio Catalán Saavedra is 16 years old, currently studying at Juan Bosco, Tilzapotla. He lives with his grandmother and my father who have taken care of him from a very young age. He has a sister and two brothers who are also
studying. His father is an electrician and he would like to do the same type of work or be an architect be like him or an architect to help family. He enjoys studying and using computers and the new technologies, the students are very respectful and he gets on well with his classmates

Gabriel Araujo Nava

Sponsor:

Lauren Sanditen

Gabriel Araujo Nava, 15, his home is in Guerrero where 8 of the family live in a small house. His father works in the fields and his mother, a housewife, and grandparents are giving him the chance to study in Don Bosco Tilzapotla. Due to the distance he can only get home once every two months or so and he misses the family and friends a lot. He is tankful that the family has enough food, and on graduation he wants to follow the career of veterinary.

Jovani Alvarez Aragon

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Valery Maurer

Graduated 2021 ... Wants to teach English and has enrolled in a course

Christopher Marquez Cab

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Graduate 2021 ... Plans to enter Military College

Oscar Lopez Ocampo

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Adrian Smith

Graduate 2021 ... Oscar will spend some time with the family and start a job search

Maricela Samano Argueta

Sponsor:

Lou Monge

Graduated in 2021 ... Maricela has a place to study law at UAM, she submitted an essay for the Emerson award.

Jose Luis Cuevas Carillo

Sponsor:

Edward A. Jahn

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Angel Castillo Cuevas

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Jennifer A. Werner Gomez

Graduated 2020 ... Working

Estefanía Diaz Garcia

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Carol Hopkins

Graduated 2021

Maricela Reyes Torres

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Adrian Smith

Graduated 2020

Erika Molina Garcia

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Eric Salgado.

Graduated 2020 ... Now studying at UAEM in Tequisquitengo

Carolina Ocampo Gonzalez

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Jonathan and Luisa Emerson

Graduated 2020 ... Now working in CDMX

Carmelina Perez Garcia

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Yolanda Hernandez

Graduated 2020 ... Attending University in Iguala

Celeste Morales Dominguez

Sponsor:

Kathy Ritter

Graduated 2020 ... Celeste was very happy that she could graduate but sad that the pandemia prevented it from being a group event. Without a beca, life would have been very complicated, but now she has started at a University.

Eduardo Villanueva Juarez

Sponsor:

Lisette & Hector Sanchez

Graduated 2020... It was a happy and sad experience to graduate, so happy, that I was able to do so, but sad as I will not be seeing my good friends and classmates. The qualification will help me obtain work, there are no good alternatives.

Andrés Remigio Chocolate Gonzalez

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Rosa María Valero

Graduated 2020

Dariana Salgado Martinez

Sponsor:

Stephen Justesson and Jim Dabakis

Dariana Salgado Martínez, 16, now in the second year of Prepa at “Fundación Don Bosco”, Tilzapotla. The mission she has is to grow as a person of value and better herself. The aim is to finish studies, and help support her parents. Even if the results are small she can grow them and be worthy of the support she is receiving. She has many dreams to try and fulfill.

Daniela Espinosa Araujo

Sponsor:

Dorothy Wick

Daniela Espinosa Araujo, 15, is one of 8 children, whose parents need income as resources are so few. The parents decided to support one of the children getting Prepa education and a career and it is Daniela. Neither of the parents had the opportunity to study. She really likes and enjoys the school of Don Bosco in Tilzapotla.

Diego Cantor Pineda

Sponsor:

Aberto A. + Renee and Nicolo P

AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY OF HIS COMPUTER, OSCAR WAS ILL WITH DENGUE AND HIS MOTHER COLLECTED HIS COMPU, Diego Cantor Pineda, 16, wants to go to the University and is studying in Don Bosco Tilzapotla. He has 3 brothers and they live with their parents. What the father earns is not enough to make ends meet. Diego works on Saturdays and some evenings to help the family finances. He wants to make the family proud of him as the alternative assisted Prepa study in Don Bosco is going to work at a low paid job now.

Catalina Vargas Fuentes

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Lesly Paola Santiago Varela

Sponsor:

Jennifer Werner

Graduate 2021 ... Lesly has strong family ties and will return to them to help. She would like to study psychology but admits it will be difficult to find the resources. She submitted a presentation for the Emerson Award.

Kenia Rojas Ocampo

Sponsor:

Kris Salgado

Graduate 2021 ... Kenia is not sure yet what she wants to do

Andrea Morales Mediola

Sponsor:

Helen Niven Serrano

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Diego Emmanuel Salazar Garcia

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Gloria E. Ángeles S.

Graduated in 2021 ... Taking up a course in nursing in Cuautla

Isela Monserrat Barrera Milán

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María Virginia Domínguez

Graduated 2021 ... Submitted essay for the Emerson Award

Zeus José Figueroa Aviles

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Mike & Laura Hoey

Graduated 2020 ... There is no way that my family could have paid the costs of Prepa, and without a Beca I would be working at something to help bring in funds. To all the donors I express my thanks and hope that you can continue to support other students.

Isidro Alberto Rodriguez Ramirez

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Laura and Steve Landsman

Graduated 2020

Orlando Bahena Araujo

Sponsor:

Jim Dabakis & Stephen Justesson.

Graduated 2020 ... Working

Ariana Citlali Garcia Garcia

Sponsor:

Fran Kean

Graduated 2020 ... I am quite certain that the Beca was instrumental in the fact that I could graduate, I felt so proud when I did. Without it I would not have been able to study, so it will help me in the future. I am most grateful to my sponsor.

Azucena Guadalupe Coyotl Ortiz

Sponsor:

John & Gillian Ball

Graduated 2020 ... Thanks to the Beca I graduated and it felt great....it is a shame that it could not be as a group due the the pandemia, but I would not have been there without support and I am really grateful. I am smiling with happiness.

Eduardo Salgado Martinez

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Lou Monge

Graduated 2020 ... The fact that I was able to graduate was something really special for me and my family. I am very grateful for all the support I have received

Dulce Yaneth Cereza Rivera

Sponsor:

Fran Kean

Graduated 2021 ... now working in a Farmacia