Puente Program Appreciation Night

On Thursday night, May 14th, The Puente Program officially ended Phase I of the sequence. The students completed their first year of the program and will continue on to Phase III and move toward transfer. This night the Puente Team, Christina Rivera, Marina Lira and Cathy Gillis awards certificates of appreciation to students and mentors while family and friends looked on.

Former Puente Counselor, Mary Salceda Nunez with husband Sal and new baby Sofia

Students were awarded prizes for best collages honoring their mentors.

Puente Students Visit UC Berkeley & Museum

On Thursday, March 12th, Puente students visited the UC Berkeley campus, took a tour, observed a class and visited a local museum.

Luis Gonzales, former Puentista, now at UC Berkeley

Rockzilla Mentor/Mentee Event

Friday night, February 21st, Puentistas, their families and mentors all enjoyed some physical fun at Rockzilla in downtown Napa. the brave ones buckled on harnesses and climbed the tall walls. Others found other entertainment with the foosball table, the mats or just hanging out. A fun time was had by all.

The "tough" guys (Andres, Jr. and Shiloh).

Puente counselor Marina and family pose for the camera

Getting the courage up to climb (Ale, Francisco, Jessica)

Enjoying Papa John's pizza

Michael was the first climber!

Alexio can climb!

Pati is a pro.

Mentors Robert Millay and Gerard Perez pose

Mentor Rolf

Mentor Michael Baldini prepares to climb

Anabele

Xavier

Becky is content to watch

Puente English Professor Cathy Gillis with kids

Shiloh, Becky, Mentor Coordinator, Christina Rivera, and Rosali

Mentor Josh Stein with Leyna and Arlo

Show them how it's done, Marina!

Felipe ponders whether to climb or not

Don't you need a harness for that, Shiloh?

Uh oh

Michael give Leyna a piggyback ride