An initiative to reduce college barriers for first-gen/low income youth by building pathways through scholarships, career guidance and personal advising.
Portland,OR
Joined December 2011
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@portlandcc teams had fun connecting & sharing resources about the many opportunities in Workforce, Future Connect, Small Business Development, English language & more at Rose CDC anniversary block party! Congrats to @RoseCDCpdx for 30 successful years serving our community!
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PCC's Future Connect has turned 10 years old this year! First Gen, low-income students get wrap-around support & scholarships. Leaders like @tedwheeler
& @SteveCallaway2 joined the community in celebrating this milestone! @PortlandCCF @ORCommColleges pcc.edu/news/2022/05/future-…
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Future Connect, a scholarship and support program at @PortlandCC has served more than 3,600 low-income and first-generation college students. The program's 10th anniversary was celebrated this month. By @meerahpowell: opb.org/article/2022/05/29/p…
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Thank you @PortlandCC Foundation for inviting me back to co-host Future Connect Program’s Celebration of 10 Year Student Success. As a former Future Connect student, it was special and personal to me.
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Always be proud to be a Future Connect and a PCC alum. Earlier this week, my brother received his acceptance into the FC program as well. I’m just feeling so excited and grateful.
An entire generation in my family was changed forever bc of you all.
#CommunityCollegeMonth 💙💚
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Join us for an inspiring panel discussion where Hillsboro first-generation college students and graduates share their stories and achievements with experts from @hillsboro_sd Career & College Pathways and PCC’s @GetTherePDX.
#HillsboroLibrary #WCCLS #HillsboroReads
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New Registration Deadline 👀
This workshop will be conducted in English, Spanish, and Spanglish🥸
Students will learn about strategies for effective story-telling and leave with a draft of a winning scholarship essay. Ay los veo! #mentestory🎓🤝
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Thank you to Future Connect for supporting first-generation and low-income PCC students during the pandemic. Future Connect helped students transition to a remote learning environment in many ways, including the distribution of over 100 laptops and 20 hotspots. @GetTherePDX
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🤝🎓 #mentestory
Join us if you’re thinking of going to college or even if you’re having doubts about college. The path is open to everyone, join us to hear more about it!
MENTE is committed to supporting Latinx males and closing the gender gap in higher education. Calling all HS seniors to join us at the Mente Senior Institute throughout the month of February. Join me and my colleagues. Register online: mentesummit.com/menteseniori… #Latinx #highered
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The number of questions on #FAFSA will go from 108 to 36. SO many years of advocacy led to this progress. This is a win for students!
@nasfaa @NCANetwork @FAFSA @NACAC
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Oregon Promise is a grant that helps pay for tuition and fees at Oregon community colleges.
Here’s what you need to do to apply:
1️⃣ Submit the Oregon Promise application (you can find it on the @OSAC website)
2️⃣ Submit the FAFSA or ORSAA
3️⃣ Apply to an Oregon community college
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Congratulations to @PortlandCCF and @PortlandCC for raising $30M! Thanks to amazing businesses, individuals, and organizations for investing in students’ futures and changing lives! What a great celebration! @GetTherePDX #CampaignForOpportunity
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The biggest Oregon Promise deadline of the year is fast approaching! High schoolers graduating between March 1 and June 30, 2020 need to apply for Promise and file their FAFSA/ORSAA by June 1! youtu.be/7c6qZdipbKc
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Lincoln is excited to announce this year's PCC @GetTherePDX award recipients: Cody Dolino, Raya Rojales, Gabriel Baro, Javier Gomez, Marlon Pineda, Jessica Lopez, Angela Mashroutechi, Lijah Elton, Jessica… instagram.com/p/B_0BBc6H2gj/…
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Open School Senior, Clayton won the @GetTherePDX scholarship at PCC which could connect him to a full-ride to PSU, Lewis and Clark, or Pacific University. Those that know Clayton know that he is a kind-hearted leader with a bright future! #AdvocateGreatness
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What a fantastic group of @GetTherePDX students who made their @LinfieldCollege visit today. Motivated, focused, and determined to make their college dreams a reality. Keep grinding and we'll see you on campus on a regular basis soon. #highereducation #firstgen
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Join us Thursday, Dec 5th at 6:00 for our Posada at Rock Creek!!! Have some fun, eat, and learn about PCC's Oregon Leadership Institute, Dreamer's Resource Center and College Assistance Migrant Program.
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4th Annual Mente Summit is open! March 6th, 2020! Go tell your tía, abuelita, teachers, compxs to register!
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#mentesummit #Latinxmales #highereducation
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As DACA heads to the Supreme Court today, @PCC_DSC wants to remind everyone that @PortlandCC is a sanctuary college, thanks to past student leaders who pushed the college to declare sanctuary status & lobbied for undocumented students in DC.
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State Senator @ESHforOregon discussed her life as a family doctor & her side "gig" leading state's budgetary efforts w/ our @GetTherePDX students at Rock Creek today! Part of the college's effort to introduce first-gen students 2 leaders! #orleg #orpol @WashcoOregon @PrezMitsui
