Latinx Achievement Success, or LAS, is a culturally responsive mentoring program that supports local Latinx high school students in overcoming systemic barriers to success and bridging the opportunity gap. The program encourages students to reach their academic and personal goals, pursue post-secondary education and opportunities and explore different career paths.
Our LAS Advocates are bilingual Latina college students who provide guidance and create weekly programming to help the members of LAS have a space to grow, learn and support one another. Over the past four academic years, 100% of high school seniors in the LAS program have graduated, and 94% had plans to pursue post-secondary education.
The success of this program underscored the need to expand its reach for more young women of color as well as LGBTQ+ youth to come together regularly to build community and a sense of belonging for student populations who, at times, may have felt isolated. Our NEW Young Women+ Achievement program is an inclusive, cultural- and identity-responsive forum for high school youth to connect at their own high school and across Boulder County high schools.
Interested in joining? Email Heidi Mallon, Manager of Community Engagement and Equity here.
Advocates meet bi-weekly with LAS students for advice and mentoring to build academic, mental health and leadership skills. Participants build trusting relationships with their Advocates and with each other.
Meetings and activities will include topics such as:
Academic support and tutoring
Community involvement and volunteer opportunities
College prep and school visits
Life skills workshops on topics ranging from drug and alcohol abuse to personal finance
Field Trips and bonding activities like campfires and corn mazes, visiting local museums and cultural centers, ice skating, volunteer opportunities and more
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Thank you to City of Boulder Housing and Human Services Department for your grant funding for Latinx Achievement Success!