International Women's Day with an EHL Leader

Yesterday, women everywhere celebrated International Women's Day. In Houston, one of our newest EHL (Empower Houston Leaders) participants, Lidia Suarez Garcia, stood with her sisters around the world by wearing red as she went through her busy day. 

Lidia said how thankful she was to have a great role model like her mother. "My mother was proud to be a woman and showed my sisters and me how to be good women, mothers, and citizens.  She taught us how important education, faith, and hard work were." Through EHL, Lidia is working to turn her passion into a sustainable project. She is organizing to improve the availability of nutritious food, especially for the young and elderly. Her goal is to engage and coordinate with her community to identify needs, connect with resources, and activate volunteers. Lidia is not only part of our newest Spanish Speaking Parental Engagement EHL class at Katherine Smith Elementary, but also works hard at our Apartments Are Communities Resource Center at the Falls of Bellaire Apartment Community. We are proud of Lidia and so thankful to have her join our EHL community.