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Mission Statement
“I Have a Dream” Foundation – Los Angeles provides long-term support to youth living in under-resourced communities to help them reach their full potential. We promote, from an early age, values of higher education and career success through guaranteed financial resources, empowerment programs and more.
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Program 15 Alumna Sandra Romero-Viguerias Acknowledges the Impact IHADLA Had in Her Life
Sandra was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and moved east of Los Angeles just before her 1st-grade class at Franklin Elementary in Pasadena was sponsored by IHADLA. She now works as a Clinical Therapist for the county of San Bernardino’s Crisis Response Team and as an Assessment and Referral Counselor for Canyon Ridge Hospital, pursuing her passion for helping others and giving back to her community...
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Did you know that you, your company or employer are eligible for certain sponsorship benefits when you support IHADLA? Click the link below to find out more about the variety of digital sponsorship opportunities with benefits at each level we have available, and help support our Dreamer Scholars!
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Volunteer
We welcome all volunteers! Donating the gift of your time to “I Have A Dream” Foundation-Los Angeles will make an impact on the lives of under-resourced youth throughout Los Angeles.
Educate. Empower. Achieve.
At the “I Have A Dream” Foundation – Los Angeles, we provide individualized social, emotional, and academic support to young people from low-income communities from kindergarten all the way through college, along with guaranteed tuition support. We believe that when given equal access to the resources they need to succeed, all children can ignite their innate potential and achieve their dreams.
The Numbers
3x
Dreamer Scholars are over 3x more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than their low-income peers.
90%
90% of Dreamer Scholars graduate High School, compared to 74% of low-income students nationally.
$1M
College graduates earn, on average, an additional $1 million in lifetime earnings.
Our Individualized Support
Don’t just take our word for it. Hear it from our Dreamer Scholars:
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When you are determined and never give up, the best is soon to come. Be patient and believe in yourself and your dreams will come true.
- Ashley Reyes, Dreamer Scholar from Watts
"I Have A Dream" Foundation - Los Angeles has made me a better person; they fight for change and have helped me along the way. There is no limit to what I know, as a young woman, I can accomplish.
- Jessica Lozan, Dreamer Scholar from Watts
IHADLA has impacted my life in more ways than one. Not only have they been supportive through many of my hardships, but have also taught me to keep pushing myself and to never give up. They have always been my family.”
- Domonique Stewart, Dreamer Scholar from Inglewood
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“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
Nelson Mandela
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“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”
Mahatma Gandhi
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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King, Jr.