Cicero - Nuestra Familia

Nuestra Familia is Spanish for "Our Family." At Family Focus Nuestra Familia, our routine is a daily celebration of family life -- with parents, children, aunts, uncles, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and cousins. We learn and grow together to build and foster healthy families and strong communities. Nuestra Familia Director Mariana Osoria

Recent News and Upcoming Events

Thursday, October 20, 2011  

Lights On Afterschool

On October 20, Family Focus afterschool staff and students in 16 Chicago elementary and high schools will host special Lights On Afterschool events, doing their part to light the night in celebration of the Afterschool Alliance’s 12th annual national Lights on Afterschool event.

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More "Bomba Kids"!

Family Focus is pleased to announce its partnership with the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center for the 2011-12 school year. This time, we're bringing the wonderful dancing, drumming and rich cultural experience of Bomba Kids to our afterschool students - and to our early childhood programs, too!

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Family Focus Joins United Way Education Initiative

Family Focus is pleased to announce our partnership with United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, supporting their new 9.3 million Education Initiative.

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Mariana Osoria, Nuestra Familia center director

Center Director To Address Opening Minds Conference

Mariana Osoria, director of the Family Focus Nuestra Familia centers in Hermosa and Cicero, has been invited to give a presentation at the 2012 Opening Minds Conference in Chicago in January. The Opening Minds Conference, presented by the Chicago Metro AEYC (Association for the Education of Young Children), is the largest early care and education conference in the Midwest, and features professional from around the world.

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