This document traverses through a series of genealogical stories that span close to a century to provide context to higher learning, education, and development. The stories of elders help us re-member their dreams, re-frame the process for growth, and re-imagine the possibilities for development at the self, organizational, and community levels. Grounded in a community context, the authors present the history of people, place, and work as they learn to become more effective educators. [The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) each year commissions scholarly papers that are presented at the annual national conference and are published in the "Journal of Hispanic Higher Education," an AAHHE partner. A version of this article was published in "Journal of Hispanic Higher Education" (EJ1206507).]