Our Newest College Freshman Have Landed on Campus!

Congratulations to the 25 First Graduate® students who headed off to colleges and universities across the country this fall.

We are so proud of all the hard work these students put in throughout the years to make this moment possible. Their college journey may have just begun, but we already can’t wait to see what great things they’ll do next.


Goucher College

Alex

Goucher College


San Francisco State University

Jonathan

San Francisco State University



University of California, San Diego

Nathan

UC San Diego


California State University, Fresno

Jose

CSU Fresno



City College of San Francisco

Hector

City College of San Francisco


University of San Francisco

Diana

University of San Francisco



University of California, Merced

Joanie

UC Merced


City College of San Francisco

Selena

City College of San Francisco



San Francisco State University

Daniel

San Francisco State University


University of California, Berkeley

Leigh Ann

UC Berkeley



University of California, Berkeley

Lesly Ann

UC Berkeley


Sonoma State University

Owen

Sonoma State University



San Francisco State University

Yoselin

San Francisco State University


City College of San Francisco

Flavia

City College of San Francisco



Boston University

Keri

Boston University


Cal Poly Pomona

Kathleen

Cal Poly Pomona



City College of San Francisco

Giselda

City College of San Francisco


Mendocino College

Lluvia

Mendocino College



Wesleyan University

Jose Luis

Wesleyan University


Sonoma State University

Saeed

Sonoma State University



Notre Dame de Namur

Saeeda

Notre Dame de Namur


St. Mary's College of California

Valery

St. Mary’s College of California



Barnard College

Anni

Barnard College


San Francisco State University

Bryan

San Francisco State University




Ayanna

Johnson and Wales



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Born in Peru, Leandro moved to San Francisco as a child and attended Horace Mann Middle School and Lowell High School.
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