McDonald’s hosted a graduation ceremony for ten employees, who recently graduated from English Under the Arches (EUA) program part of the initiative McDonald’s Archways to Opportunity Program. They received their diplomas by McDonald´s owner-operator Gloria Kasanova and Deputy Mayor Chuck Nelson. They were surrounded by co-workers, family, friends, and teachers that were happy to celebrate this achievement with all of them. Gloria Kasanova started the ceremony talking about how important is for her support their employees: “I am so proud of all my employees; I always want for them to have better opportunities. I hope this is the start of something bigger for them.” Some of Kasanova’s crew have been working for her for more than 12 years. EUA offers a series of courses to meet the needs of employees with different levels of English proficiency and allows employees to progress systematically to obtain speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. The graduates said that learning English was challenging at first but Kasanova’s support motivates them to continue and finish the program: “I am very grateful to Mrs. Gloria for believing in me and for supporting me. I never thought that I was able to learn English, now I feel much better with myself and my English level. I also want to thank McDonald’s for having this program and for think of us, the employees.” These were the words of one of the graduates of the day.