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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Step Beyond Continues the Empowering Legacy of Creative Youth Development

How Does Creative Youth Development Build Important Life Skills and Empower Students? Having originated in the settlement house movement of the 1890s, the field of Creative Youth Development has a long legacy of enriching lives and is constantly evolving to meet the needs of today’s children (source: americansforthearts.org). CYD enhances traditional youth development by integrating […]

New World of Work Programming Propels Students to Future Success

Take the RIASEC Quiz! A Step Beyond is excited to announce that we are implementing the World of Work curriculum in our academic program to better prepare our oldest cohort for life after their high school graduation in 2023!   The World of Work program is a research-based educational framework designed by the World of Work […]

A Step Beyond’s College & Career Ready Funds:

Details and how to make a gift A Step Beyond has started two separate funds at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation to support our students beyond their tenure in ASB’s key program. Read about them below About A Step Beyond’s College & Career Ready Scholarship FundA Step Beyond (ASB) holds a non-endowment agency fund at […]