Stories

Empowering Her Students

Chelsea, who grew up in Waxhaw, North Carolina, knows firsthand the challenges confronting many of her low-wealth, first-generation college-going, and underrepresented students.

His Next Act Is Set

I Know The Barriers They Face

Paving The Way To Opportunity

Uniting Passion With Determination

Adviser Bridges The Gap

Opportunity Realized

Lyric grew up in rural North Carolina without internet and other conveniences many take for granted. She longed to go to college, but her family struggled financially. With the help of her College Advising Corps adviser, Selena, who helped her apply for a a four-year scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Lyric is now attending her dream school, majoring in film production.

Following In His Footsteps

Years after her older brother, Preston, served as a College Advising Corps adviser, Louisa also decided to join College Advising Corps in Pennsylvania. She supports students at J.P. McCaskey High School—the very high school from which she graduated in 2018.