Our Story
A few months after having bought their new church in EAST LA, Pastors Carlos (CEO/Founder) and Amparo Rincon, decided to go door to door and ask the community their needs. They noticed that there was a lot of poverty in the community. They decided to research and find ways to help the community and transform East Los Angeles. That is when they signed up for the Faith Leaders Institute at the Cecil Murray Center at USC. After a year of training and coaching, they launched Instituto de Avance Latino (IDEAL) (2015).
Avance Latino empowers families through financial education and small business development. Since 2015, they've been transforming lives, fostering self-sufficiency & community thriving across LA County. They offer programs, workshops, & resources for financial success & entrepreneurial growth.
Instituto de Avance Latino (IDEAL) serves a community mostly made up of First Generation Latino Families. We exist to advocate and create programs that empower families to become self-sufficient and thriving members of our society.
We do this by providing families and individuals training, assistance and services in the areas such as, affordable housing, financial capability, economic development, immigration, family counseling and youth development.