Education that Forms
and Transforms

Education as a Means

An undeniable reality

Today, young people between the ages of 12 and 18 living in marginalized areas of Mexico are vulnerable to crime, drug abuse, gangs, unintended pregnancies, the low academic standards of the traditional education system, and school dropout.

The Solution:

Integral Education

Education is the only response to the challenges identified. However, traditional education systems tend to focus on the acquisition of knowledge rather than the comprehensive development of the student.

For the past 20 years, we have developed an integral education model that prepares young people from marginalized communities by fostering values such as honesty, excellence, purpose, responsibility, discipline, a vocation for service, and love.

Developing Values

and Life Skills

The social challenges we have referred to are, in part, a result of an educational approach that has traditionally focused on having children and young people acquire knowledge and develop their memory, rather than developing essential life skills.

These include the ability to make decisions, communicate effectively, negotiate, stand up for what they believe and think, develop critical thinking, work as part of a team, and manage their emotions and instincts.

From Theory to Action

We bring our integral education model, known as “Transcendent Pedagogy,” into practice through the Instituto LISI (Líderes del Siglo).

Today, LISI has three campuses—two middle schools and one high school—in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, with two additional campuses under construction: one in the Sierra del Nayar region of Nayarit and another in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.