United through Education (Familias Unidas) was developed by Secundino and Ninfa Zuno in 2006. With over 25 years of experience of teaching in a low-income community, Secundino and Ninfa created this program to engage and teach parents how to become active participants in their children’s education and to promote progress of the community. This idea emerged from a need to provide additional support to not only the student, but to their parents as well. What they realized while teaching both the student and parent together was that the families created a bond centered around education and the parents were more inspired to become involved in their children's academic career. 

Being immigrants themselves, Secundino and Ninfa want to show parents in their community that college is a realistic goal for their children. Their son, Esteban, graduated from Loyola Marymount University and is currently a Region Manger for a large bank broker/dealer. Their daughter, Adriana, graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Psychology and is currently pursuing her Masters in Psychology at Santa Clara University.

Secundino and Ninfa have a true passion for United through Education, which shows through their success. Since the founding of this program, they have taught and helped over 2,000 families. They have inspired them to be life-long learners and as a result of this program they have created a learning community. They truly believe that with hard work and dedication, families can achieve their dreams.