{"id":4580,"date":"2025-10-01T18:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielsfunddev.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=impact-stories&#038;p=4580"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:12:26","slug":"helen-padilla","status":"publish","type":"impact-stories","link":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Padilla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TACT (Teaching the Autism Community Trades) is opening doors for young people with autism by equipping them with in-demand trade skills and life-changing career paths. Through hands-on programs in carpentry, welding, automotive work, and more, TACT helps individuals on the autism spectrum build confidence, independence, and economic opportunity. Families across Colorado are seeing their children thrive in ways once thought impossible. With a deep commitment to inclusion and innovation, TACT is transforming what\u2019s possible for the autistic community, empowering both individuals and their families to build a brighter future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6922,"template":"","class_list":["post-4580","impact-stories","type-impact-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Helen Padilla - Daniels Fund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Helen Padilla - Daniels Fund\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TACT (Teaching the Autism Community Trades) is opening doors for young people with autism by equipping them with in-demand trade skills and life-changing career paths. Through hands-on programs in carpentry, welding, automotive work, and more, TACT helps individuals on the autism spectrum build confidence, independence, and economic opportunity. Families across Colorado are seeing their children [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daniels Fund\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/danielsfund\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-24T16:12:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/stories-helen-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Daniels_Fund\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/impact-stories\\\/helen-padilla\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/impact-stories\\\/helen-padilla\\\/\",\"name\":\"Helen Padilla - Daniels Fund\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/impact-stories\\\/helen-padilla\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/impact-stories\\\/helen-padilla\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/stories-helen-1.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-01T18:02:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-24T16:12:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/impact-stories\\\/helen-padilla\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/impact-stories\\\/helen-padilla\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/impact-stories\\\/helen-padilla\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/stories-helen-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/stories-helen-1.webp\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/impact-stories\\\/helen-padilla\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Helen Padilla\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daniels Fund\",\"description\":\"Positively Influencing American Life\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daniels Fund\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/DF-Logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/DF-Logo.svg\",\"width\":309,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"Daniels Fund\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danielsfund.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/danielsfund\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Daniels_Fund\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/danielsfund\\\/?hl=en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/danielsfund\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Helen Padilla - Daniels Fund","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Helen Padilla - Daniels Fund","og_description":"TACT (Teaching the Autism Community Trades) is opening doors for young people with autism by equipping them with in-demand trade skills and life-changing career paths. Through hands-on programs in carpentry, welding, automotive work, and more, TACT helps individuals on the autism spectrum build confidence, independence, and economic opportunity. Families across Colorado are seeing their children [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/","og_site_name":"Daniels Fund","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/danielsfund\/","article_modified_time":"2025-10-24T16:12:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/stories-helen-1.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Daniels_Fund","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/","url":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/","name":"Helen Padilla - Daniels Fund","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/stories-helen-1.webp","datePublished":"2025-10-01T18:02:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-24T16:12:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/stories-helen-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/stories-helen-1.webp","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/impact-stories\/helen-padilla\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Helen Padilla"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/","name":"Daniels Fund","description":"Positively Influencing American Life","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/#organization","name":"Daniels Fund","url":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DF-Logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DF-Logo.svg","width":309,"height":57,"caption":"Daniels Fund"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/danielsfund\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Daniels_Fund","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/danielsfund\/?hl=en","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/danielsfund\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/impact-stories\/4580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/impact-stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/impact-stories"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/impact-stories\/4580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}