GEAR UP 4 LA aims to significantly increase student success in high school, persistence in college, and preparation for career and life-long learning. Under the motto “Building Powerful Futures,” our dedicated and passionate team of Equity Warriors have built strong futures for over 24,000 first-generation students and their families since 2011, building relationships with each while providing wraparound supports – including counseling, mentoring, college visits, and workshops – to students starting in sixth and seventh grade through their first year of college.
When Class of 2021 graduate Nyslai Bolaños was accepted to Wellesley College, a private women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts, she knew she deserved it. But everything changed just two… Read more
West Adams Preparatory High School freshman Yenifer Herrera has been selected as a recipient of The PLUS ME Project’s My Story Matters Scholarship, an honor that comes with a $500… Read more
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I am a high school student and my counselor helped me understand my options. This is how I fell in love with my future major. I want to be an entrepreneur. I want to own my own business, make a platform for myself, and have people know who I am.
I am so happy that other students get to experience what I did, because personally, I don’t think that I would be where I am today if it wasn’t for GEAR UP.
GEAR UP understands us as parents. They know what we need, they know what we fear. They work with us so we can work more effectively with our children.
GEAR UP changes families, it changes generations, and that’s what I love to do!
