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About Us
CollegePath LA is a community organization of volunteers who help public high school students explore careers, apply to college and thrive once they get there. We have developed a model project at John Marshall High School, an urban school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. We share our know-how and curricula with other schools and organizations. |
News & Events
Our career fair is back! After a three-year pandemic-induced hiatus, CollegePath LA organized a bustling event that introduced Marshall High School students to a plethora of jobs and career paths. The fair took place on December 16, 2022 in two campus gyms. More than 800 students wandered from station to station, talking with professionals...more... |
Alumni
Luana Rodriguez is a John Marshall High School alumna, Class of 2020, who is attending UCLA. She is currently a junior, but is planning to graduate a year early. Last summer, she volunteered as a law clerk at Public Counsel, the nation’s largest provider of free legal services for clients who cannot afford to pay. She was one of 11 interns who worked in the Opportunity...more... |
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Plaudits
Meet Robert Brooks, our webmaster extraordinaire. It’s not an exaggeration to say that this site wouldn’t exist without Bob’s technical know-how, patience, and dogged determination. Not to mention his good humor and grace under pressure.
Bob is a man of many talents. As a youngster, he studied music with renowned pianist Colette Nance and composer Mabel Woodworth. As a physician in the 1980s, he opened one of the first medical practices devoted to the treatment of AIDS patients in West Hollywood, California. more... |
Volunteer Opportunities
Hallelujah! The Los Angeles Unified School District has given CollegePath LA volunteers permission to resume working with students in person.
We will help John Marshall High School students prepare their college application essays every Tuesday beginning October 4 and ending November 15, 2022. We are calling this program "CPLA Tuesdays." Each Tuesday, we will hold two separate sessions. Session 1: 12:00 pm -1:00 pm Session 2: 2:45 pm - 4:30 pm Please contact Susan Philips if you have any questions or would like to volunteer. |