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Client Testimonial:
Last summer, Liliana González embarked on a two-month
journey. With her toddler in her arms, she began a slow, winding ascent
northward in search of a better life. “I want my son to have a future. And
here, he can. Here, you can.”
Liliana, 30, and son Matías, 3, number among the more
than 7.1 million refugees and migrants who have left Venezuela. Upon arrival in
Chicago, Liliana, her son, and several hundred Venezuelan migrants and asylum
seekers were lodged temporarily at a handful of north suburban hotels. There, a
network of local nonprofits, civic organizations, and volunteers converged to
prepare them for the road ahead. La Casa Norte is among these organizations.
La Casa Norte provides migrant families with in-person, Spanish-language rental application assistance, school and job referrals, legal support, and access to an on-site food pantry.
“It would have been very different
without La Casa Norte, Casa Michoacán, Catholic Charities, and all of the
organizations that have been helping us. Very different." When asked about the future, Liliana smiles broadly. “I
feel excited. My hope is to enroll Matías in preschool, find a good job, have
some things of my own, maybe even a house. I want to be able to have something
all my own, where I can say, ‘Look, this is mine. I worked for this.’"
Pictured Below: Liliana and her son Matías
