Si camina por el Campo de Golf Colina Park, en el vecindario de Colina del Sol en City Heights lo que verá será, sin lugar a dudas, un campo de golf. Pero si mira un poco más detenidamente encontrará uno de los programas juveniles más inspiradores en San Diego, un esfuerzo de casi dos décadas [...]
Stroll by Colina Park Golf Course in the Colina del Sol neighborhood of City Heights and you’ll see, well, a golf course. But look harder and you’ll find one of the more inspiring youth programs in San Diego, an effort spanning nearly two decades that has mentored almost 15,000 kids and taught them the skills [...]
¿Asistir a la universidad? No era exactamente lo que teníamos en mente mis padres y yo cuando nos mudamos a City Heights desde la Ciudad de México. Como muchos padres de City Heights, los míos querían un mejor futuro para mí, pero no tenían idea de lo que implicaba tratar de ingresar a la universidad. [...]
College? That was not exactly what my parents or I had in mind when we moved to City Heights from Mexico City. Like many parents in City Heights, mine wanted a better future for me, but they had no idea what getting into college involved. Thanks to a partnership between the Ocean Discovery Institute, the [...]
En el mes de marzo, un grupo convocado por el Equipo Built Environment de la Corporación para el Desarrollo Comunitario de City Heights se propuso atravesar 2.5 millas del vecindario—a pie, en silla de ruedas y empujando cochecitos. Su objetivo era evaluar las condiciones de las aceras e identificar peligros peatonales potenciales que necesitaran de [...]
In March, a group assembled by the City Heights Community Development Corporation’s Built Environment Team set out to traverse 2.5 miles of the neighborhood — by foot, wheelchair and stroller. The goal was to survey sidewalk conditions and pedestrian hazards in need of attention from regional planners and elected officials. Sidewalk and crosswalk deficiencies add [...]
In the more than 10 years that Jesse Mills has been working in City Heights, the assistant professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of San Diego, has come to appreciate the community more everyday. “City Heights has the uniqueness of being extraordinarily diverse in a kind of global sense,” he said. Mills, who also [...]
Irene Corey fue maestra de primaria en Ohio, dueña de su propio negocio de importación y exitosa agente de bienes raíces. Pero a sus 82 años de edad, su trabajo como voluntaria leyéndoles a los niños de preescolar de la Escuela Primara Herbert Ibarra en City Heights puede que sea lo que más impacto ha [...]
Irene Corey has taught elementary school in Ohio, owned her own importing business, and had a successful career in real estate. But it is the 82-year-old retiree’s volunteer work reading to preschoolers at Herbert Ibarra Elementary in City Heights that may be having the most impact on her life. “I get back way more than [...]
For Saleban Ahmed, a 17-year-old junior at Crawford High Educational Complex, being part of a Mid-City CAN “momentum team” team is all about giving back. “I want to help out the community (and) show awareness,” said the student who is part of a group striving to improve school attendance. The teams are part of the [...]