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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
CollegePath LA has a new project: Talking Careers. It’s a collection of short video interviews with people who answer questions about their professional lives and how they found them. Listeners “meet” these people and hear their stories. The conversations are chatty, inspirational, and packed with practical advice. 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
On September 5, 2020, Dr. Yasmin Delahoussaye, beginning a Zoom session for mentors training to assist students with their college application essays, showed a short video. The film tells the story of a boy on a beach throwing washed up starfish into an ocean. Nearby, a puzzled man tells the boy his efforts won’t make much of a difference to the multitudes of stranded sea stars. Undeterred, the boy picks up another starfish, flings it into the ocean, and patiently tells the man: “It made a difference to that one!” more...
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Volunteer Opportunities
Career workshops in 2021 will be via Zoom, but our goal is the same: to introduce students to a collection of seasoned career professionals. If you have a passion for what you do and want to share your experience with students, please contact us.
This year we are adding a new program: job readiness skills. High schools no longer teach students how to create a resume or prepare for an interview. We need help now reviewing student resumes and will later send out a request for interview coaches. We will provide Zoom training, materials, and other support. If you are interested in participating, please contact Susan Philips. |