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As Cohort 10 heads off to college, we love to celebrate students like Daniel who took every opportunity to set themselves up for success in their first year of college – including writing over [...]

When a College Connect student first meets their Writing Partner, it can be hard to imagine spending the next year sharing [...]

Since its inception in 1994, Mission Graduates has played an important role in the San Francisco Beacon Initiative.

July 16th marked the beginning of a new initiative for Mission Graduates’ Parent Partner Program (PPP). A result of recently passed Proposition N, the

Through a partnership with UCSF, the GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science) at Marshall Elementary School have been exploring DNA with a favorite snack, strawberries! 

The very first campus we visited was UC Merced. Although the students were on spring break we got so much information from the tour guide.

Another campus we visited was a private college which was the University of Redlands. This school has only 5,000 students enrolled. The class average size is 19 students.

La Verne provides degrees like Doctoral degree, Masters degree, and Bachelor's degree.

Born and raised in San Diego, by an undocumented single mother, Karen is the middle child between two sisters. Growing up, Karen developed a strong relationship with her family, especially her [...]