Center reaches out to women

This city received a grant and is using it to help immigrant women learn English and a skill they can use to get a better job or even open their own business. - - Donna Poisl

'Mother's Club' » Immigrant women gain skills to increase their income levels.

By Jennifer W. Sanchez, The Salt Lake Tribune

Midvale » Patricia Blazquez worked at a pizzeria and later cleaned houses when she moved from Mexico to Utah almost 10 years ago. Now she is excited about the possibility of opening her own business. Blazquez is one of some 20 Spanish-speaking women enrolled in the city's Mother's Club, a new program teaching them English and how to sew.

Blazquez, a wife and mother of two, said she hopes to use her sewing skills to get a job she enjoys, maybe open a shop. But, she's especially working hard to learn English.

"It's the only way someone can progress in this country," she said, speaking in Spanish.
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