OUR STORY
"Equity is our students standing as themselves, dreaming without limits, accessing opportunities, helping their families, lifting their communities, impacting their world. Equity is our reason for being, our solution, and the world we want to live in."
- YURI SHANE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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OUR MISSION
Create opportunities for high-potential students from low-income households to define their individual path through high school, college, and career, ultimately benefiting the lives of others.
OUR VISION
Equity in opportunity
for all students.
OUR VALUES
We use these values to guide our work:
ACHIEVE
INSPIRE
CONNECT
We do this by supporting talented students who have power to make great impact, focusing on their individual needs and career dreams.
OUR SOLUTIONS
THE NEED
(National Student Clearinghouse
Research Center)
OUR SOLUTION
THE NEED
(The Brookings Institution)
OUR SOLUTION
Personalized college counseling, SAT/ACT test prep, and college application/essay support
THE NEED
Of low-income students who enroll in college, only 1 in 10 will graduate before age 25.
(Whither Opportunity: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances)
OUR SOLUTION
THE NEED
Only 17% of graduating students have a job before graduation.
(AfterCollege)
OUR SOLUTION
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We work with students from 10th grade through college graduation to ensure that they make successful transitions from high school to college to career.
We're continuing to focus on growth in personal impact, programming and student engagement.
