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.
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.
Tamara ultimately connected with First Graduate® during the first few weeks of at-home learning.
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“First Graduate® is a unique resource: it benefits both the students and their families.”
“First Graduate® is a unique resource: it benefits both the students and their families.”
“First Graduate® helped a lot in the areas where I didn’t know anything about”
She greatly admires FG’s support of low-income families as well as its unwavering care for her mental well-being.
Her volunteer work at First Graduate® guides students to be the first college graduates in their families. In her two years there, she has been a mock interviewer for students applying to private high schools and a college application essay coach.
Kara Chen is a San Francisco resident who dedicated herself early in life to the pursuit of an education and a bright future. Motivated and hard working, she strove to make her immigrant parents proud by seizing every opportunity for a higher education. Kara attended Marina Middle School and Washington High School (both in SFUSD).
