Action
Program highlights include:
- Workshops on how to prepare for, apply to, and finance college - taught by college admissions counselors!
- Career workshops that introduce students to engineering, science, math, and more!
- “Issues to Action” - Workshops focusing on the role of community involvement and public policy with competitions and prizes for actionable solutions
- $10,050 in scholarship monies - Awarded to winners of the art, talent and speech competitions! (Participation is not mandatory.)
- “Hispanic Heroes” - Breakout group meetings with Hispanic role models from the community. 90% of symposia attendees leave the program with a mentor!
- College, Career and Community Resource Fair
How do we do it?
With lots of volunteers, a proven program, and the help of “near peer” college resident advisors who work with the students in small groups of familias - student families.