After-School Program for Immigrant Teens

Enroot just launched our new College Success program this fall designed to support Enroot's high school graduates in their first two years of post-secondary education through mentoring, 1:1 coaching, and support navigating the higher education system. College Success programming is essential in expanding opportunities for traditionally marginalized individuals and communities and Enroot is uniquely positioned to do this work alongside our students.

We are thrilled to announce Enroot AmeriCorps Massachusetts Promise Fellow Georgia Lederman has joined our team full time and will be leading this effort as our Manager of College Success and Alumni Engagement. She wrote, "I couldn't be more excited to manage Enroot's College Success Program, which will include academic, career, financial and social-emotional coaching, ultimately leading to an increase in the number of first-generation immigrants who graduate from college and enter the workforce ready to succeed."

A week before students headed off to college, we hosted our first night of College Success mentoring. Students and mentors met over ice cream to talk about students' college goals and everyone enjoyed the familiarity of the Enroot office before embarking on their college journey.

Enroot recognizes five pillars that lead to college success:

• Academic Success: Students’ academic choices and performance align with goals and graduation requirements
• Financial Aid Renewal: Students make sound decisions on debt and budgeting and take advantage of all available resources
• Navigation Skills & College-Going Identity: Students learn how to access everything their institutions have to offer and develop a sense of belonging on campus
• Job Readiness: Students gain hard and soft skills and have meaningful summer plans
• Social-Emotional Well-Being: Students have what they need materially and socially to succeed in college

We look forward to sharing updates about this new program. 

Links:

• Enroot's September Newsletter