Amadeo Torres Ortiz, 15, rides 45 minutes every morning to attend Centers for Applied Sciences and Technology (CAST) Tech, and he’s not the only one who spends close to an hour in morning traffic. While the high school is definitely
In the summer of 2015, after a year and a half of work with over 40 community partners, SA2020 released the Talent Pipeline Task Force Report. Since then, multiple efforts have been created to cultivate, retain, and support our local
On March 25, 2017, Women’s Global Connection (WGC) had their annual Girls Global Summit. The event took place at the University of the Incarnate Word’s Rosenberg Sky Room. Over 250 girls and women (with the exception of a few boys)
When Molly Cox, SA2020 President/CEO was in St. Louis earlier this year for a Lumina Foundation convening, she got into a discussion with one of our longtime partners, Audree Hernandez, a regional director for the College Advising Corps. They talked
For the past three years, Savanna and Robert have been attending Por Vida Academy working hard to earn their high school diplomas. Both are graduating this May—an accomplishment they place squarely on the structure and staff at Por Vida. “If
So, we’re in the middle of the holiday break. That means it’s time for relaxation, family time, a little TV, and… deadlines…?!? Yes, deadlines. Here’s the deal: the first part of the year is when all the things for kids are due.
This summer, students from the National Hispanic Institute (NHI) at San Antonio won their third consecutive Ambassador Great Debate championship. Ramiro Rodríguez, a member of the team, shares his experience–in both Spanish and English. Una enorme experiencia que recordare por el
Yes! It is true. The National Hispanic Institute (NHI) at San Antonio generated another high school class of fantastic freshman to win the Ambassador Great Debate in Austin, Texas from July 22-July 26, 2015. The mission of the National Hispanic
After a great SoHacks last year, we decided it was time to have a SoHacks 2. Our youth hackathon was endorsed by SA2020 as “Certified Awesome” because we’re helping move the needle on education and STEM in San Antonio by getting students
Sistas in Business will be recognized by the San Antonio Independent School District Board of Directors, Monday, April 20, 2015 at 5:30 pm at their board meeting, which will take place at 406 Barrera Road. As a result of working
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020