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Our Stories
GU4LA Student Wins $20K Warren Christopher Scholarship
GEAR UP 4 LA sophomore Gisselle Delgado-Velarde has overcome a lot of suffering in her life, including enduring years of struggles while growing up in a tumultuous home. Still, she… Read more
GEAR UP Families Explore University Life
For the first time in over two years, GEAR UP 4 LA families had the opportunity to visit a four-year university in person, walk the campus grounds, hear from college… Read more
Newsletter | April 2022
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Families Lay Foundation for Lasting Success During Hybrid Summit
Nearly 200 students and parents/guardians participated in GEAR UP 4 LA’s second hybrid Parent Summit on April 2, when they learned how to set short- and long-term goals, explored college… Read more
GU4LA Grads Reconnect, Rebuild Resilience for Post-pandemic Success
As society inches closer to a new normal, GEAR UP 4 LA is providing recent graduates the social-emotional support they need to heal from the impacts the pandemic had on… Read more
Students Get a Glimpse of UC Merced
GEAR UP 4 LA students were introduced to its newest partner, UC Merced, during a conference in which they discovered the support services, academic programs, and the higher education possibilities… Read more
Class of 2024 Spends Spring Break Visiting UC Campuses
To boost students’ early exposure to four-year universities, majors, and careers, GEAR UP 4 LA took members of the Class of 2024 to various universities during Spring Break. On April… Read more
Newsletter | March 2022
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The GU4LA Impact: Fall 2021
During the first full semester of in-person learning in the 2021-22 school year, GEAR UP 4 LA provided over 37,000 hours of support to nearly 14,000 ninth- and 10th-grade students… Read more
Parent Ambassadors Empower Families to Make College Dreams a Reality
Agueda Palacios didn’t think her son, a freshman at Fremont High School, would go to college as it appeared to be unaffordable and, as such, out of reach. Then she… Read more
Newsletter | February 2022
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