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Debes Creer en Ti
Believe in Yourself. Inc.
DCET Focuses in Literacy, and Leadership Linking Families to Community Resources
​DCET acts as one-stop-shop. At our Community Learning Centers LA ESCUELITA (The Little School), we offer multigenerational educational, cultural and community initiatives in partnership with the City of Irving, the Dallas and Irving school districts, corporations, mentors and volunteers. We, connect and support, families to address challenges so that they can reach their goals through Literacy, Leadership and Linskills, becoming US citizens, and having them learn about being leaders of this country will results in After graduation some students become facilitators of our programs and education is passed on to first, second and third generations. Second generation high school students become tutors of parents learning other language and in return, DCET mentors them with prep-college workshops assisting them to enter college.
A win/win situation!
DCET acts as one-stop-shop. At our Community Learning Centers LA ESCUELITA (The Little School), we offer multigenerational educational, cultural and community initiatives in partnership with the City of Irving, the Dallas and Irving school districts, corporations, mentors and volunteers. We, connect and support, families to address challenges so that they can reach their goals through Literacy, Leadership and Linskills, becoming US citizens, and having them learn about being leaders of this country will results in After graduation some students become facilitators of our programs and education is passed on to first, second and third generations. Second generation high school students become tutors of parents learning other language and in return, DCET mentors them with prep-college workshops assisting them to enter college.
A win/win situation!
Our Vision
We see LA ESCUELITA of DCET community learning centers all over locally, regionally and nationally. Also a dedicated team of professional staff teaching ESL, GED, Citizenship, Computer & Spanish literacy classes for immigrant families in tis majority providing them with solutions to their Educational needs.
Our Mission
To promote LITERACY and LEADERSHIP among immigrant families in Dallas- Fort Worth while LINKING them to community resources through English literacy training, youth mentoring and family supportive services, and to do so with respect for diversity, equity and inclusion
Our Goals
Our Values
To offer Literacy, Mentoring and Community programs for immigrants in its majority to Hispanic Youth and their family resulting in highly productive members of society.
​To build bridges with community leaders, schools, educators, corporations benefiting the needs of our students
To bring annual conferences about family values and prevention of drugs and alcohol programs.
To offer a multicultural Festival offering health, education and a Job Fair to fundraise funds for high school students going to college.​
We value the constant improvement of our programs.
We value Tolerance and punctuality.​
We value Integrity in all dealings
​We value kindness and courtesy.
We value Punctuality.
We value Honesty.
We are innovators, our Mission
saves and transforms lives through EDUCATION!
Learn About our DCET PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
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As an immigrant herself, founder of DCET understood the needs of the immigrant community
Our Story
In 1995 DCET Founder Elvia Wallace-Martinez designed DCET as a Spanish Radio Talk show called DEBES CREER EN TI (Believe in Yourself), and also a 2-two TV segments, and 52 newspaper columns in Spanish about virtues/family values. These initiatives in 1998, then turned into a non-profit organization housing Literacy and Community and Mentoring programs for Hispanic/Latino families in its majority. With limited funding and working out of her personal finances, DCET Founder started DCET and continues to serve the community as a volunteer. Her programs have helped thousands of students enter the workforce field while preventing them from crime and welfare dependency.
DCET Operates with High Standards of Excellence,
a Firm Financial Stability and is a national
Top Rated nonprofit
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