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Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Instagram Email info@avance.org Phone (210) 270-4630 Visit 824 Broadway, Ste. 204, San Antonio TX 78215 Menu HomeHistory The AVANCE Way Leadership Team Board of Directors Financials 2023 AVANCE Annual Report 2023 AVANCE HS EHS Annual Report 2023 AVANCE Inc Audit Report 2023 AVANCE Inc Form 990 2023 AVANCE Inc GROUP Form 990 2022 AVANCE Inc Audit Report 2022 AVANCE Inc Form 990 2022 AVANCE Inc GROUP Form 990 2021 AVANCE Inc Audit Report 2021 AVANCE Inc Form 990 2021 AVANCE Inc GROUP Form 990 Impact News Programs Parent-Child Education Program (PCEP) Quality Child Care Matters (QCCM) Head Start & Early Head Start Families Building Communities Child Care Business Coaching Shared Services Alliance AVANCE to College Locations Chapters Licensees RGV Hidalgo County Starr County Zapata County Partners Collaborators Funders Licensees Contact us Employment Licensing Inquiries Media Inquiries Donate Procurement 50th Anniversary Language | Idioma AVANCE has been supporting families on their educational journeys since 1973 Join us on our journey! Donate Now AVANCE Turns 50! Join us in celebrating the golden anniversary of AVANCE and 50 years of service, support, and success for families and communities. Join the Celebration! Celebrating our 50th in El Paso We’re celebrating our 50th Anniversary o n May 8, 2024, in El Paso, Texas. Join Us Our History AVANCE Programs Leadership Team Our Mission AVANCE creates pathways to economic mobility for predominantly Latino families through high-quality, culturally responsive, two-generation programming that ensures school readiness for young children and opportunities for parents to build social and economic capital. Our Vision We envision a world where all children and families have equitable access to resources and opportunities to reach their fullest potential, transforming the communities in which we live. Faces and Stories Marianna Talamante My name is Marianna Talamante, I am an Early Head Start Teacher at Dora O. Martinez ECDC in Zapata Texas. My journey began as an Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS) parent where I watched the growth and development of my own children flourish. Seeing this, I set a goal to one day be a Teacher … Read more Maria Guadalupe Rivera AVANCE has been one of the best experiences for many years as a mom, as a woman, as a professional. Sometimes we are with our children but we are with a lot of work, but AVANCE focuses on you and helps you to become better so that your children are better. I recommend AVANCE because … Read more Edith Reséndiz & Aranza Pegueros I appreciate the opportunity to invite me to share my experience with the AVANCE program, it was a great help for me as well as for my daughter Aranza, because the classes they offer have very valuable information. Whenever you start with something, you don’t know what comes first and these classes have been a … Read more Enriqueta Cora My name is Enriqueta Cora, and I am the owner and director of my home daycare Cora’s Day Care” which I founded in May 1985. I have been serving the El Paso Families for 37 years. The QCCM and the AVANCE program started in October 2021 and I started working with them from the beginning. I … Read more Mrs. Cecilia Guajardo Hello, my name is Cecilia Guajardo and I want to thank the AVANCE program because it has had a great impact on my life. From the first class, I realized that whatever age we are it is important to continue learning about the education of our children because they evolve as time pass and as … Read more AVANCE News ICONIQ Impact selects AVANCE as grantee March 4, 2024 McDonnell: Why VTX1 supports AVANCE February 23, 2024 Investing in our future: Early education in the Latino community February 14, 2024 Champion the future of our families and communities. Donate Now Established in 1973, AVANCE is a national, non-profit organization that creates pathways to economic mobility through innovative, culturally responsive two-generation programming. Our ultimate goal is equitable access for all children and families to the resources and opportunities that allow them to reach their fullest potential. info@avance.org (210) 270-4630 824 Broadway, Ste. 204, San Antonio TX 78215 Explore HomePrograms Chapters Licensees Rio Grande Valley Contact Us Employment Donate Privacy Terms Join Our Efforts First Name * Last Name * Email (required) * Select list(s) to subscribe to AVANCE email Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from AVANCE. (You can unsubscribe anytime) Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank. By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: AVANCE, Inc., 824 Broadway St Ste 204, San Antonio, TX, 78215, http://www.avance.org. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact ©2022 AVANCE, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Built by Lorenzana Web Design © 2024 AVANCE • Built with GeneratePress Dr. Teresa Granillo Chief Executive Officer Dr. Teresa Granillo is the Chief Executive Officer of AVANCE Inc. As CEO, she sets the vision and strategic plan for the organization and provides guidance and oversight to daily operations. She engages key stake holders and advocates and elevates the mission of AVANCE. Since joining AVANCE in 2019, Dr. Granillo and her team have set a strategic plan focused on growing the impact and reach of AVANCE’s core programs. Under her leadership, the National office revenue has increased by over 600%, which has allowed AVANCE to expand programming both in depth and reach. With this growth, the AVANCE National team has more than tripled, increasing from 49 employees in 2019 to 186 in 2021. Prior to AVANCE, Dr. Granillo served six years as Executive Director of Con Mi MADRE, another two-generation organization that supports young Latinas on the path to higher education. Before Con Mi MADRE, Dr. Granillo was a tenure-track professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work. As a Latina raised by a single mother, Dr. Granillo knows firsthand how education ends the cycle of poverty and has dedicated her career to ensuring that all individuals have access to high quality education. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona, and a Master’s in Social Work and a dual Ph.D. in Social Work and Psychology from the University of Michigan. Elida Gonzales Chief Financial Officer Elida serves as Chief Financial Officer of AVANCE. Elida joined AVANCE in 1998 and has spent most of her career in leadership roles in accounting, finance and business development. She was born and raised in the community where AVANCE began and has seen first-hand how the Parent-Child Education Program (PCEP) has impacted the lives of those in her community. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from St. Mary’s University and her Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Sonia Dominguez Chief Operating Officer Sonia Dominguez is the Chief Operating Officer at AVANCE. In addition to overseeing administrative functions and daily operations, Sonia directs the development and implementation of strategies that ensure AVANCE employees thrive and organizational goals are met, strengthening the organization’s ability to carry out its mission. Sonia began her career as a middle school math teacher in El Paso, TX, went on to serve in various leadership roles in both urban and rural public school districts in Texas, and led systems-change efforts at a collective impact organization in Central Texas. Sonia earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in math education from the University of Texas at El Paso. She is the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants, and her personal experiences as a Latina, a Head Start graduate, and a first-generation college graduate from a Texas border town inform her work and contribute to her passion to advance...