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title: Grad Eliana Ruiz Finds Support — and Success — at Ector Academy
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# Grad Eliana Ruiz Finds Support — and Success — at Ector Academy

May 15, 2025 | Jeffrey Good

![Grad Eliana Ruiz Finds Support — and Success — at Ector Academy image](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/hubfs/Eliana-Ruiz-EAA.jpg)

At her former, traditional high school, Eliana Ruiz said she had trouble concentrating on multiple subjects at a time. And when she needed help with algebra and other challenging subjects, the teachers didn’t seem to have the time. 

“After a while, I just wouldn’t go to class,” she says. “I was just thinking about dropping out; I thought it was going to be too much.” 

But Eliana didn’t want to give up. She knew a high school diploma was the key to her going on to college and landing the job of her choice. “I wanted to graduate and I wanted to be successful.” 

Lacking the credits she needed to graduate with her class, she transferred to [Acceleration Academies of Ector County](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/our-locations/texas/ector-county/) (EAA) to pursue credit recovery. It proved a perfect fit — a calm and studious environment, lots of personalized help and the ability to take one course at a time. 

“I wasn’t stressing about having to take lots of classes; I could just focus on one,” says Eliana, who recently graduated and is enrolling at Odessa College. 

![Z90_9103](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Z90_9103.jpg?width=1200&height=1500&name=Z90_9103.jpg)

Eliana says that math coach Jennifer Rosario-Perez was especially helpful. 

“Miss Jennifer, she helped me a lot,” says Eliana. “For the questions I didn’t understand, she would take the time to work with me to be sure I did.” 

But it wasn’t just academic help that EAA educators offered. If something in her personal life was getting in the way, Eliana knew she could find a listening ear amongst the staff. 

“It felt good because I could ask a question about anything,” says Eliana. “She’d listen and help me out, find a way.” 

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[Click here](https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBZ4vu) for a gallery of pictures from the January 2025 graduation ceremony by photographer Steve Aicinena.  

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