Alma is no stranger to hard work and perserverence. At the age of 14, Alma moved to the United States with her father, leaving the rest of her family in Mexico. At 15, she began working in a factory while dreaming of one day going to college. At 17, she enrolled in high school and began learning English for the first time. After graduation, life kept Alma from college until she was 27. “I have always told God — ‘you don’t have to open a door for me, just open a little window and I will get through there!’”
In 2019, Alma’s dream of graduating college came true when she earned her nursing degree. She now works in home healthcare while raising her two children and has a new goal of becoming a homeowner.
Alma’s parents both now live in Mexico, but with her new Habitat home, she’ll be able to bring them both to the United States to live with her. “It is an honor to be able to care for my parents as they get older.”