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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 are developing a model project at John Marshall High School, an urban school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. |
News & Events
Do you remember what you were doing on Tuesday afternoons in the fall of 2019? If you are a CollegePath LA volunteer, chances are you were in the Marshall High School library, peering with a student over a college admissions essay. Over 25 volunteer tutors ... more... |
Alumni
Wilfredo Mercado recently completed a Juris Doctorate at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the graduation ceremony was held online. Now he is studying for the California Bar Exam. During law school, he worked with local ... more... |
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Plaudits
Elvia Perez, a 2018 Marshall High School graduate, is a sophomore at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, she realized that helping others was the best way to cope with her own distress. Using computer skills she honed at Marshall, she created an information website aimed at people struggling with medical, economic, or other consequences of the virus. more...
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Volunteer Opportunities
Los Angeles public schools are starting the 2020-2021 academic year with online instruction because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This means that we can’t meet face-to-face with students to help them with their college essays.
CollegePath LA plans to recreate virtually what we have been offering high school juniors for the past decade. We are working with John Marshall High School staff to figure out what this program will look like. Stay tuned for details. If you are interested in participating, please contact Susan Philips. |