Access to education is not possible for many people and although in many countries it is compulsory to attend the foundation years, not all families can afford this luxury. The illiteracy rate in the United States is 8.1% of the adult population and is surprisingly higher than in other equally developed countries. Now, if other factors such as migration and age are added, the numbers can increase significantly. Felipe Lira’s story is one of many going through similar situations. Mr. Lira has lived in California, USA, for many years and was never able to learn to write due to lack of resources, however, and thanks to the support of his family and his desire to move on. before, he did.

His great-niece, Kennya Ramos, took to social media to share the advances and progress of his grandfather, who after achieving his goal the first thing she did was capture in his own handwriting. the names of all his grandchildren. My uncle didn’t go to school so I’m teaching him to write and he wrote his grandchildren’s names for the first time,” Ramos wrote in the post. In order to share more details about Don Felipe’s classes, she created a Twitter account for him and I do not hesitate to thank her for the messages of support and encouragement they sent her. “My uncle cried with everyone’s love and support!

Many of you want to follow his progress and so I created your own Twitter account! I will post updates to @eltiofelipelira. Thank you very much to all once again!”, expressed the young woman. The desire to improve and not be left behind despite the circumstances has been the motivation of Don Felipe to be able to achieve his goal and learn to write after many years and thus set an example for people of all ages that It’s never too late to learn.