On April 16, Miguel Rivera was invited to guest speak to parents and youth of the Family Intervention Academy in the City of Norwalk. The Family Intervention Academy consists of two separate programs – WINGS Programs and The Parent Project. Each of the two programs focuses on youth empowerment and the development of healthy relationships […]

For as long as I can remember, sports has been a passion of mine. As a viewer and player, in fact, even as a coach. As a kid growing up, playing pick-up basketball, baseball and football games were a norm to me. This is something my friends and I did on a regular basis. In […]

Dream Big Project’s 1st annual “Bowling for a Cause!” bowling tournament at Keystone Lanes was definitely an afternoon to remember. It was amazing to see so many smiles come together to have fun and raise money for underprivileged youth in the city of Norwalk and surrounding communities. In fact, Norwalk City Councilmember, Margarita L. Rios, […]

Skid Row is located in Downtown Los Angeles and is home to 18,000 people. Incredibly, 6,000, are believed to be homeless – one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States. There are many engaging and memorable people to be found here, to be treasured and accepted with some reservations to […]

In this post, I am going to talk about the night my entire life changed and all that’s come with it. I will also talk about suicide, and why I am still on this planet. These are thoughts and stories that I’ve kept from friends and family. A portion of my story I have shared […]

Our founder, Miguel Rivera Jr., has had a passion for education since going to elementary school himself. In fact, it is because of his parents that he feels strongly about education to begin with. A quick fun fact about Miguel – throughout his primary education, his parents would continuously ask him if he wanted to attend […]

It all started after his fifth grade promotion at Webster Elementary School in the city of Long Beach; Miguel along with his family moved to Norwalk where he then began his schooling at Corvallis Middle School. It wasn’t until October 10th that Miguel Rivera visited his old stomping grounds in Norwalk for the first time since […]

The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make […]

“I only remember bits and pieces of that entire night,” Miguel shares with hundreds of students at Waite Middle School in Norwalk, California. Almost every presentation Miguel gives, he shares his personal tragedy in hope of preventing others from making the same mistakes he made; ultimately, to stress the importance of decision making. “I crashed […]

This year we are determined to go even BIGGER with our goals for the organization and with that comes a lot more planning, work, and fun! This past Fourth of July, we hosted a Phantom Firework Booth. This  booth was more than a fundraiser for Dream Big. It was the coming together of a vision […]