​Please support the Isla Mujeres Scholarship Program!
​To buy tickets for the drawing:
Paypal.Me/islascholarshipsbeca (Islascholarships@gmail.com). Note that it is for the fundraiser to generate tickets in your name. 
Thanks for your support!

Isabel is a young, single mom who has two children, a daughter who is 5 and a son who is 3 with Down Syndrome. Isabel is a real go-getter and came to us through a referral from LOMI (Lean on Me Isla Mujeres). She impressed us with her tenacity and quick responses in initial communication. Isabel lives with her mother, two brothers and extended family and commutes to classes at University del Sur in Cancun. She will also be attending classes on Saturdays.
With only one year and 8 months left to finish her associates degree in Law (and a GPA of 8.8 out of 10) Isabel has found herself struggling financially due to a difficult year financially for her family and some extraordinary medical expenses for her son. She had to take a year off to save some money and is ready to return in full force.
When she finishes this degree, she plans to continue her education to become a licensed attorney, so she can fulfill her dreams of making a better life for herself and for her young children, and stresses the importance of taking on pro bono cases in her community to help people when she becomes a lawyer. Isabel says, “For me it is important to demonstrate to my mom that these efforts and the efforts of my family bear fruits”.

​Stephanie is one of our new students.

Stephanie will be pursuing a 3-year degree in Accounting and will continue selling her beaded jewelry at the Women’s Bead Coop as well as sell desserts that she makes.  She will attend classes on Saturdays at University del Sur in Cancun.
 
Stephanie has two children, ages 15 and 10 and now that her boys are older, she says that this is her time to finish her degree, which will enable her to make a better future for her family.  We love supporting ‘older’ students and appreciate people who never give up on their dreams to succeed.


​Stephanie is in need of several more sponsors.

From Maggie Washa:

Just saw Mike and learned he has big plans.  He is working for Apple remotely now, and so wants to move to Canada.  He has his tickets for him and his wife to fly to Toronto in early March.  He will stay with friends he met when he was there learning English.  Then he is going to move to Nova Scotia where there are other friends!!  His Apple job is completely on-line and will follow him anywhere.  Of course he is really excited about this.  And we will be losing him!!  I am so sorry about that part...  But we gave him wings.  


💕 I love it when a student fulfill their dreams and their live is changed while they grow and mature.

​Congratulations to Paola, her family and to Team Paola. 
The letter below is from Paola: 

Hi everyone Beautiful blessings to all of you.
Of all the letters that I have written this one is getting complicated, because I haven't started and I'm already nostalgic. 
If you could really see my heart you would see how grateful I am. 
In this letter I remember all my life both school and everyday. I see that girl who, together with her family, came to sell her things in the bazaar to have money. 
I see that girl going to sleep worried because she did not have the copies they asked for at school. 
The one who had to do extra homework for her classmates in order to earn money and be able to buy school things. 
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She sold popsicles at school and felt embarrassed about it, I did. 
Crying to heaven I asked God to allow me to be someone in life ... 
I thought that being a professional was in dreams that were not going to come true.
Until you arrived, and made it possible for me to go to sleep without worrying that I would not have money to make my copies because I woke up and had it. 

I remember that when the scholarship arrived, the first thing I did was thank the heavens for having listened to me and then buying a pack of markers that I wanted so much.
I have so much to thank each one of you for every bit that you put into my academic training. 

I will not have enough life to thank you. You have changed my whole life. Thanks to this scholarship program in my house there are two professionals. Before, there were two girls who cleaned houses and sold things at the market. The only thing I ask of God is that he bless each of you greatly every day of your lives. 
Thank you for having adopted me, for believing in me and for staying until the end of this beautiful journey through the university.♥ ️ 
Thank you, because during these years I never again worried about being afraid. Thanks a lot .. I don't want to say goodbye because I can't forget so many people who were my angels here on earth. So it's not a goodbye ... 

I have the news that the hospital has hired me and my contract will be renewed every two months. I'm happy because not everyone can access opportunities like this when they finish. From now on my life will start as a professional and every day will be a new opportunity to reach a new goal .

I am happy because despite suffering from a heart condition, I have finished a degree and you were there. I believe that we all come with a mission here on earth. I believe that one of your missions was to help me train as a professional, to be called Dr. Paola.

 Thank you very much to all of you and wherever you are, and although some of you I have not met in person, I send you thousands of blessings, hugs and my smile of happiness ...
(Paola)