Coffee, Comedy, and Caring for Our Students and Families: Meet Araceli Huerta, LCSW!
Meet Araceli Huerta, our Family Services Manager! A great communicator and listener, Araceli fosters nurturing relationships with students, acts as a role model, and provides support and guidance to students. She is also responsible for planning and implementing the family service programs including parent education and volunteerism, crisis intervention, counseling, mentoring, and community services referrals. […]
Become a Key Corporate Partner in 2022!
There are many ways to give to A Step Beyond, but we are particularly thrilled about our corporate sponsorship program. Read on to discover how you can be a key corporate partner in 2022! As a corporate sponsor, you and your company receive special benefits while supporting our holistic, ten-year program at A Step Beyond. […]
Combatting Learning Loss One Tutoring Session at a Time
COVID-19 has undoubtedly caused challenges for American students. According to the New York Times’ article, students are still suffering from learning losses incurred from the first year of the pandemic. Read on to learn how A Step Beyond is helping students succeed in these circumstances. One issue cited by the article is that reading and […]
A Heart for Family, Students, and Hard Work in the Studio: Meet Karla Navarro!
Meet Karla Navarro, our Dance Program Manager and Teaching Artist! Ms. Karla is an extremely talented, American Ballet Theater Certified Teacher with a BA in Psychology and a BFA in Dance from San Diego State University. In addition to all she does for A Step Beyond, Ms. Karla dances as a soloist in the Compañía […]
2021: A Return to the Stage, Career Exploration, and Helping Families
As the first week of 2022 ends, we are reflecting on all the great work we’ve been able to do this year with your help! Here’s a quick recap: 1. We hosted our first, large-scale outdoor performance in nearly two years! El Alebrije, a new retelling of The Nutcracker Ballet, combined the well-loved story with […]
We Couldn’t Do It Without You– Everything You Need to Know for Year End Giving
Here’s all the information you need to make your year-end gift! We could not transform the lives of local youth and their families without you. THANK YOU! Please find information to help you make your gift below: A Step Beyond’s EIN/Tax ID Number: 46-2857532 To pay by check: address to A Step Beyond and mail to 340 […]
The Nutcracker: A Horrible Holiday Flop or Integral American Classic?
The Surprising History of the Nutcracker: Discover the Secrets Behind a Holiday Favorite Believe it or not, the original Nutcracker story was not the lighthearted, kid-friendly spectacle you see on today’s stages. Penned by E.T.A Hoffman, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816) was a tale so dark that theater director Ivan Vselvosky selected the […]
A Step Beyond Makes an Exciting Return to the Stage with “El Alebrije”
Our Nutcracker reimagining, “El Alebrije,” is coming up fast! Be sure to reserve your FREE tickets here! ¡Nuestra reinvención del Cascanuences, “El Alebrije,” se acerca rápidemente! ¡Asegúrese de reservar sus boletos GRATIS aquí!
Say Goodbye to the Holiday Blues with These 5 Self Care Tips!
With student rehearsals for A Step Beyond’s Nutcracker reimagining, El Alebrije, ramping up and the holidays approaching, we are growing more and more excited while also feeling the time crunch! While the holidays are such a fun-filled time of year, they can also be a bit stressful. We could all use some holiday self-care tips. […]
Why Should You Donate on Giving Tuesday? Read this Student Success Story
We have a lot to be grateful for. With your help, our students continue to work hard and dream big in the face of pandemic-related challenges. Maximo is one of our brightest students at A Step Beyond. In his freshman year of high school, Maximo’s dream is to go to UCLA, become a lawyer, and […]
