Alumni Spotlight: Alex Lazo
Alex grew up in a struggling San Francisco community. His school had poor test scores, and Alex and the other students had to deal with racism even within the school community.
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Alumni Spotlight: Leandro Guerrero
Born in Peru, Leandro moved to San Francisco as a child and attended Horace Mann Middle School and Lowell High School.
Leandro credits First Graduate® with teaching him valuable life skills, such as time management. He has fond memories of spending hours in the First Graduate® office, working with peers and staff to complete college applications ahead of school deadlines.
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Don’t be fooled, a college education is still the best way to break generational poverty
Take the example of Kara, a First Graduate® alumna who is the daughter of immigrant parents. She worked hard throughout middle and high school to make her parents proud and achieve her dream. Her goal was to get into a good college and pursue a prosperous professional career.
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Career day with Nextroll
And a special thanks to Joe, Mark, and Matt for sharing for helping our middle school students to learn more about their professions and the skills needed to prepare for a career as a Product Manager, Computer Engineer, and Product Designer.
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Accenture week of volunteer work with FG
These events are great opportunities for our corporate partners to invest in our community – and especially in our first-gen students, which are on a journey of 10- 12 years from middle school to after college graduation with First Graduate.
Thanks to Aurabel, Sarah, Marcela, Camille, Erika, Jacky, and Evelyn for the amazing work.
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Summer college tour to San Jose State University
One of our goals in First Graduate® is to inspire and motivate our students to go to college. On June 22nd, 2022, we had the opportunity to do just that, and our FG high school students toured San Jose State University’s campus, talked to admission staff in order to better understand college life, and observe a teacher conducting a class.
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Family Spotlight: Tamara Brown
Tamara ultimately connected with First Graduate® during the first few weeks of at-home learning.
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Intern Spotlight: Marta Mendoza
“First Graduate® is a unique resource: it benefits both the students and their families.”
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Volunteer Spotlight: Bruno Gazzolo
“First Graduate® helped a lot in the areas where I didn’t know anything about”
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Student Spotlight: Nafisa Adams
She greatly admires FG’s support of low-income families as well as its unwavering care for her mental well-being.
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