Education is our foundation
Many of the families we serve arrive with limited English, interrupted schooling, and children who need immediate academic support. Without access to language education and academic pathways, barriers compound quickly — affecting employment, healthcare access, civic participation, and long-term stability. Education is the foundation of everything HMI does, and our team of dedicated educators meets community members exactly where they are, building the skills and confidence that make everything else possible.
Explore our programs
Where learning begins
We offer programs for every stage from foundational English for adults who are new to the classroom, to consistent, caring support for children navigating a new school system.
Community ESL
Our ESL classes are designed to meet adult learners at the very start of their English journey — no prior classroom experience needed. Classes are intimate, welcoming, and structured to build real, practical language skills alongside confidence, in a culturally grounded, gender-specific setting that honors where each person comes from.
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Our tutors work one-on-one with K–12 students, meeting each child where they are and building on their strengths. In a new country, a new language, and a new classroom, every kid deserves someone in their corner,someone consistent, patient, and genuinely invested in their success.
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Language as a doorway
For many of our adult learners, this is their first experience in a classroom. We meet them there, with patience, cultural understanding, and practical skills that connect directly to their daily lives.
Every child deserves a champion
Our tutors show up consistently, learn each student's story, and build the kind of trust that lets real learning happen.
Refugee School Impact Program
The RSI Program walks alongside newly arrived students and their families during one of the most demanding transitions of their lives. We connect families to the resources they need to feel stable, help parents understand and navigate U.S. school systems, and engage them as true partners in their child's education — all delivered in their home language, by people who understand their experience.
Learn about RSIFamily support & navigation
We work with the whole family unit, helping parents understand the U.S. school system, connecting them to resources, and ensuring they feel equipped and empowered as partners in their child's learning journey.
Student tutoring
Our tutors work one-on-one with K–12 students within the RSI program, meeting each child where they are, building on their strengths, and providing the consistent presence every student deserves.
In our client's words
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What our programs achieve
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Adults gain functional English skills that directly improve their ability to access services, communicate with employers, and support their children's education.
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K–12 students receive consistent, one-on-one academic support from educators who understand their background and meet them with patience and encouragement.
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Community members are connected to accredited high school diploma and equivalency programs, opening pathways to higher education and skilled employment.
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Instruction is delivered by culturally competent educators who understand the backgrounds, experiences, and learning needs of the communities we serve.
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Become a tutor
Share your skills and make a direct, lasting difference in a student's academic journey.
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Your gift sustains ESL classes, tutoring sessions, and the educational pathways that follow.
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Built on collaboration
Past programs
The work we do today is built on what came before. These programs shaped our approach and deepened our commitment to education as a path to belonging.
ECSH
The Ethnic Community Self-Help Program provided ESL classes, after-school tutoring, basic needs support, and community-building activities to ORR-eligible families in Riverside County, three years of direct service that informed everything we do today.
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The Afghan Refugee School Impact Program delivered ESL, homework support, interpretation, basic needs, and mental health workshops to ORR-eligible Afghan K–12 students and their families, with social-emotional learning at the center of every session.
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HMI's educational mission reaches beyond our community
Our global education programs bring the same commitment to language, learning, and dignity to communities around the world.