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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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.
Don’t be fooled, a college education is still the best way to break generational poverty Read More »
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.
Career day with Nextroll Read More »
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.
Accenture week of volunteer work with FG Read More »
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.
Summer college tour to San Jose State University Read More »
By Jose Luis, Freshman at Wesleyan University One of the best parts about working in Social Media is the fast-paced and highly social environment that surrounds the whole atmosphere around communication. I enjoy the vitality and zest that it brings to many companies. Social Media allows so many people from different walks of life to communicate from around the world in
Checking in with Our LinkedIn Intern @ NYC Social Media Week Read More »
This year First Graduate® was pleased to partner with LinkedIn to provide two of our students, Derrick and Jose Luis, an amazing social media internship opportunity. After spending a few weeks at the LinkedIn offices in San Francisco learning the ins-and-outs of social media, these students have returned to campus (Derrick is a senior at
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