Centro de Oportunidades

Community Outreach Program

El Centro De Oportunidades

El Centro de Oportunidades strives to improve the qualityof life of families living in the area around Mount Saint Mary High School through education.  Our focus is to provide English language training to Hispanic adults.  We offer four eight-week sessions per year, with classes meeting three times per week in the evening.  Over 60% of our students are females for whom we offer childcare during class hours and approximately half of the students per session have returned for further instruction.   Our goal is to help the Hispanic community increase their English proficiency and help our families break the cycle of poverty.   In partnership with Catholic Charities, we also offer Citizenship training for qualifying students wanting to become U.S. Citizens. 

English as a Second Language (ESL)

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 6:30 to 8:30 PM

GED

Wednesday 5:00 to 8:30 PM

Citizenship

Wednesday   6:30 to 8:30 PM

Contact Information

Maria Osorio is the Outreach Program Coordinator for Mount St. Mary Catholic High School. Maria has worked for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City since 2004.  She came to our program after working for the Immigration Department of Catholic Charities as a Paralegal and Interpreter, specializing in Citizenship while at the same time working as an ESL teacher for our program since 2005.  She was promoted to the coordinator position in May 2008. 

Maria Osorio, Outreach Program Coordinator, can be reached by calling (405) 609-2889 or mosorio@mountstmary.org.