Rocio, an outstanding participant

Rocio is a 14 years old teenager, her family occupation is to make and sell chalkboards. She is the eldest of 4 brothers, loves school and has good grades. At the moment Rocio is in her senior year of middle school and is making the process to get in to high school.At CODENI, Rocio participates in the art and hip-hop workshops, she recognizes art as a way to orientate teenagers to leave the streets and the drugs, and that’s why she wants to become an Arts teacher.She’s always early at CODENI, despite the fact that she lives so far, keeps a smile on her face and has a lot of friendliness.For all of those reasons and because she is so persevering in her Life Project, Rocio is our Participant of the Month.

Isac, a boy who enjoys to work hard to be one of the best at CODENI.

Isac  is  7 years old, he's on the 2nd. grade of elementary school and works as a supermarket packer in the Guadalajara Downtown. Isac is a mischievous boy  and  he loves to have fun. He always has a good sence of humor, and he shares with everyone his jokes.  Sometimes this behavior gets him into troubles, but at CODENI he has learned to respect the others and he constantly strives to stay out of trouble and to be outstanding.

Isac, along with his brother, is the first to arrive to CODENI. When Isac started to attend to CODENI he didn't like to do his homework, neither to pay attention. Today he is a boy who improves everyday, and who tries to participate in all the activities he can.

 Isac recognizes that his favorite place at CODENI is the recreation  area. He has good grades at school and delivers all his homework on time. He has not thought about his profession when he grows up, but due to all his efforts at CODENI and in his personal life improvements, we have  named him as our participant of the month.

Thanks to her determination, Leslie is getting close to her dream.

She is currently attending her spring semester; she is 17 and has attended CODENI since the beginning of her studies at elementary school. Her family was merchant for a long time in the centre of Guadalajara. However, they stopped selling in the street to get into the formal labour market.

She recognizes that it is hard to study but she is motivated to fulfill her dream, which is to become a forensic doctor.

It is thanks to her consistency and her determination that Leslie is our participant of the month.

By working, Jesús Faustino go to realize his dream of becoming a auto mechanic.

“Chuy”, as his family and friends call him, is a 14-year-old teenager who studies in 3th year of high school. He is the youngest of 3 brothers and sisters.

His dream is becoming auto mechanic and he already took the next step to do a vocational baccalaureate in Conalep.

He has coming to CODENI since he was little boy with his sisters and he has always making progresses despite unfavorable familial and educational situations. He always knew to push himself and to keep moving forward to accomplish his Life Project.

It is for his regularity and determination, that Jesús is our participant of the month.

To become a professional footballer, the dream of Alan.

Alan José Miguel Rodríguez is 10 years old and has been participating in CODENI just 3 years. He stands out for being an extremely active child, with a clear enjoyment of football and all activities that imply speed and physical force. In fact, his life goal is to be a professional footballer and he is working to try to enter a professional football club.

Alan is currently studying his 5th year of primary school and although he has had highs and lows in his educational and personal progression, he has always been characterised for his conviction and endeavour to achieve his goals.

This is why we recognise in Alan Jose as our participant of the month of January, his effort to improve his behaviour, school grades and work to achieve his life goal make him worthy of this recognition.

For her desire to continue studying, Leonor was chosen as the participant of the month.

Leonor Gónzalez Téllez is a teenager that has been participating in CODENI for more than 6 years, throughout this time she’s had to confront different situations that have helped her to forge her character, define and defend what she really wants for her present and future life.

In school her favourite subject is mathematics and the moments she enjoys most in CODENI are those related to art because she distresses herself. In her free time she helps her mum, while she works to care for her younger sister Adriana who is 9 and her little brother Juan who is 2.

At 15 years of age, Leonor is currently studying her first semester of preparatory school (college), thanks to her impetus and determination, she spoke with the director because her mum didn’t have money to pay for the semester and she was going to stay out of school. She managed get them to allow her to study in exchange for doing social service in her school.

This is why Leonor has earned being the participant of the month, cause thanks to her conviction, effort and dedication, after many difficulties today she finds herself studying at college.

For his effort in improving himself, Juan Carlos is the Participant of the Month of September

Juan Carlos is the oldest son in his family. He is 9 years old, going into 4th grade in primary school and helps out with his younger brother Isac at Codeni. His parents work in the informal commerce sector in the downtown area of Guadalajara and he accompanies them. In the evenings he works downtown packing bags in the commercial center.

He likes math class a lot, but not so much Spanish class, nevertheless he has put in a lot of effort to obtain higher grades by actively participating in Codeni’s homework club. Juan also enjoys the reflection workshops where he has learned about how self-control and anti-violence are important in order to co-exist with his peers and the other people who surround him.

Because of all the effort that Juan has put into improving himself on a day to day basis, he has been nominated the Participant of the Month for September.