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La Buena
Vida House
While La Buena Vida Youth Leadership Foundation worked to
create job skill training and business-focused programs for
high school students in North Texas, they realized there was a
problem. Some of the high school students they were helping,
were faithfully attending school and making good grades, but
had nowhere to sleep at night because they were homeless.
With support from the North Texas community and the City of
Irving, a plan went into place to build the first La Buena Vida
House in Irving, TX. This house will be a home for 12-18 young
men in high school who have lost their parents to terminal
illness, incarceration, abuse or abandonment but have the self
determination to complete their high school education and graduate with their peers. While living at the house, the students
will receive continuous training from leaders in the business
community on leadership, financial literacy and business ethics
while sharpening their soft skills to give them an edge above
many of their peers in the competitive North Texas job market.
La Buena Vida House will welcome its first residents as the
2015-2016 school year begins and plans for a La Buena Vida
House for girls is already in the works. La Buena Vida is Spanish
for “the good life” because that is what the future will hold for
these special young North Texans.