LEARNING TO SUCCEED

GUIDING YOU WITH LANGUAGE, JOBS, CULTURE, and PRACTICAL INFORMATION
 

Universidad Popular (UP) offers a program for adult immigrants called LEarning TO Succeed (LETOS). It is designed to ease the transition of immigrants into a new society. LETOS focuses on English language skills but also covers financial matters, tax returns, basic computer training, and practical information. The backbone of the program relies on class time, although other activities allow participants to soak up the community.

LETOS uses English language training as a hook to expose recent as well as seasoned immigrants to museums, libraries, aldermanic proceedings and neighborhood events. This makes a more seamless transition for adults adjusting to this culture. Broken up into groups by English language skills, the classes help acclimatize and empower participants. By using LETOS, we believe that your success is more certain.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Born in the late 1960’s, Universidad Popular (UP)  was formally incorporated as a non-for-profit organization in 1972. It has always focused its attention on the socioeconomic problems facing the Latino immigrant population here in Chicago. Physically revamped in 2005, UP is poised to be more effective than it has ever been.

The Little Village neighborhood, also known as South Lawndale, is currently one of Chicago’s biggest ports for Latino immigrants. The neighborhood also suffers from many of the problems associated with immigrant neighborhoods. High crime and poverty rates coupled with low literacy rates make the success of many immigrants difficult. It was out of this situation that LETOS was born.
 

ADULT LITERACY SITES

On top of our main facility, UP also offers LETOS at a second site, both below:

Universidad Popular
2801 S. Hamlin Ave.
Chicago, IL 60623

St. Pius V School
1919 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60608

Both sites should be contacted at Universidad Popular or via phone at 773-733-5055.