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About UsBaja Bound Ministries believes that education is an avenue through which we can help families escape the cycle of poverty. Beyond providing a home and the basic essentials for living, Baja Bound is partnering with qualifying students to ensure they are able to further their education. In addition to sponsoring students in their education, Baja Bound works with each student to create a mindset that will help them take advantage of opportunities to succeed.
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Why Education? |
Unlike the education system in the United States, Mexico does not provide a free education. From elementary school on, students are expected to acquire uniforms and a specific required list of school supplies, without which they cannot enter school. Often this alone is large enough obstacle to make even an elementary education impossible. Students often stop attending school at the age of 12, as the cost of clothing, books and supplies required to attend secondary school is just too far out of reach. Instead, it is not uncommon for children to join their parents in the fields or other jobs to help bring in additional income to support the basic necessities of life.
Students who make it through primary and secondary school (equivalent of 9th grade) are met with another obstacle in their education. Once students complete 9th grade, they are met with the challenge of paying for technical prep school (high school). Prep school is age-equivalent to high school, but is career focused. Students have the opportunity to study nursing, information technology, business, tourism, food/beverage industry and more. The final level of education beyond technical prep is the university. Once completing the prep school, students can advance to the university. Click Here to GET INVOLVED |
Meet Our Director |
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Laura Baez, director of the Baja Education Field Division, Baja Bound Coordinator and Director of Village of Hope is liscenced in Communication Sciences , specializing in cultural studies and the study of immigration specifically at the Northern Border of Mexico. She also holds credentials in business administration. Laura is a wife and mother of two children. Working along with the Village of Hope South of Ensenada, Laura has intervened and developed different programs for social development of the community. Additionally, Laura manages and promotes relationships with the municipal and federal government to develop the most vulnerable colonies of Mexico. As part of Baja Bound, Laura serves as field cordinator as well as director of education in Mexico. Laura coordinates all scholarship funding with the local schools, as well as meets with each recipient regularly ensuring accountability.
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