{"id":28989,"date":"2025-09-09T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=28989"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:02:21","slug":"chicago-education-cps-public-school-academy-ciudadania-global-little-village-inmigracion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/09\/09\/chicago-education-cps-public-school-academy-global-citizenship-little-village-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspirada por su familia inmigrante, la misi\u00f3n de esta directora es empoderar a los estudiantes biling\u00fces en el suroeste de Chicago."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ff5d5d6650a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Languages and linguistics fascinated Berenice Salas from a young age. Growing up with her immigrant parents in Little Village, many of her core memories revolved around language.<\/p>\n<p>At home, she translated Spanish to English for her dad so he could communicate with his boss. She assisted her mom, a bilingual teacher, in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Berenice drew from those early experiences to become a teacher before leading the Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC), a charter school focused on dual language education, global awareness and sustainability. The school is located in Garfield Ridge, a neighborhood about five miles from where she grew up on Chicago\u2019s Southwest Side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ff5d5d67a43\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ff5d5d685bf\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ff5d5d68c37\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cI grew up in the community,\u201d Berenice said. \u201cI still live right here. I&#8217;m from the area, so for me, it was always a dream to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"identity-and-ingles-sin-barreras\">Identity and \u2018Ingl\u00e9s Sin Barreras\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Thousands of miles from Mexico, Berenice\u2019s parents kept their native language and heritage alive in their Little Village family home.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Jorge Salas, immigrated to Chicago from Durango, Mexico, with hardly a dime. He picked up English by listening to The Beatles cassettes, practicing at work and attending local English classes, where he eventually met Berenice\u2019s mom, Yasmin Badillo.<\/p>\n<p>Badillo, who arrived from Veracruz, Mexico with some English skills, later became involved in Berenice\u2019s school and pursued a career as a bilingual teacher.<\/p>\n<p>Berenice was born and raised in Chicago, but throughout her childhood, she spent summers cultivating land alongside her father on his farm in Mexico. Her curiosity about language and different ways of living deepened as she learned about Spanish dialects.<\/p>\n<p>Back home in Little Village, Berenice\u2019s everyday life echoed Mexico: the stores stocked with Hispanic food products, the Spanish masses at the local church and the many people from Mexico, too. Berenice said it was easy to stay connected with her heritage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;d go walking down the block, and you go to the supermercado [grocery store], and you buy ping\u00fcinos [chocolate snack cakes] and Pan Bimbo [a brand of white sandwich bread],\u201d she said. \u201cYou didn&#8217;t find Miracle Whip. You found mayonesa con lim\u00f3n [mayonnaise with lime].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ff5d5d6a871\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 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Language and education were constants in her life, and she credits her family with nurturing both.<\/p>\n<p>To Berenice\u2019s parents, she was destined to become a teacher.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bringing-culture-to-the-classroom\"><b>Bringing culture to the classroom\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Berenice initially became a teacher by accident. After the social work program she was in was cut during her junior year at the University of Illinois Chicago, she transferred to the school of education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually it was where my heart was and where it lived,\u201d Berenice said.<\/p>\n<p>She became a teacher for Chicago Public Schools, where she taught for a few years. A friend working at AGC encouraged her to apply for a teaching position, so she visited the school.<\/p>\n<p>She remembers seeing students learning and playing outdoors, chickens roaming the parking lot, compost bins and garden beds. 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col left_padding_desktop_5pct top_padding_desktop_0pct right_padding_desktop_5pct bottom_padding_desktop_0pct \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>For Berenice, the school became a way for her to help others connect with their heritage by encouraging them to embrace their native language or learn Spanish, even if they weren\u2019t native speakers. For many children of immigrants, maintaining their native language and culture can be a struggle if it isn\u2019t embraced in their communities and schools, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Berenice\u2019s support influenced parents like Talisa Guerrero, who saw the school as a way to help her children practice more Spanish, their native language. Berenice made a lasting impact on her eldest daughter, who is now in high school and still visits the school to see her, Guerrero said.<\/p>\n<p>Berenice said that recently, AGC has enrolled more students who have recently arrived from Central America. For her, this underscores the importance of the school\u2019s dual language model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where the dual language program is so powerful, because already they&#8217;re entering a space, a community that says, \u2018We value language, your home language, your mother tongue is valued here,\u2019\u201d Berenice said.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Berenice notes that there\u2019s another layer of worry over her: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeting immigrant families, schools and community spaces. The school developed a plan in case agents appear, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor our school, what&#8217;s been challenging hasn&#8217;t been the building, or the transition or the philosophy,\u201d said Berenice. \u201cIt&#8217;s been more like the climate of society right now is helping ensure that everybody still feels emotionally safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ff5d5d76a5e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col left_padding_desktop_5pct top_padding_desktop_0pct right_padding_desktop_5pct bottom_padding_desktop_0pct \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Berenice added that the school\u2019s location on the Southwest Side is especially notable because it is in a part of Chicago that experiences some of the highest levels of toxic air pollution and other environmental health hazards.<\/p>\n<p>This challenge is not a topic they shy away from teaching in class, Berenice says. Students learn about pollution, reducing waste and gardening.<\/p>\n<p>These lessons are deeply personal, she said. They remind her of when she was younger, visiting her dad\u2019s farm in Mexico, learning about cultivating land, watching her relatives hang-dry clothes and seeing her parents reuse food containers.<\/p>\n<p>Berenice now has a family of her own with her husband. They have four children, all of whom have been or are students at AGC.<\/p>\n<p>She lives out these values of sustainability and bilingualism at home with them, speaking both languages, going camping regularly and eating plant-based meals whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p>Her role as the daughter of immigrants in Little Village and now as a mom shapes how she leads the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not just building a school,\u201d said Berenice. \u201dWe&#8217;re thinking about our own children, too, and other people&#8217;s children that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Aydali Campa is a Report for America corps member and covers environmental justice and immigrant communities for Borderless Magazine. 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