OneGoal staff honor the Latinx community’s diversity and historical contributions and reflect on the obstacles that continue to lay in the path of success for its members.
LIFE-CHANGING COMMITMENT
LIFE-CHANGING OUTCOMES
Just 22% of students in low-income communities graduate from college,
compared to a 77% graduation rate for students in high-income areas. This is an injustice.
OUR SOLUTION?
Great teachers
lead our work.
OneGoal is uniquely led by excellent teachers (Program Directors) already working in high schools. We support them
with a robust curriculum, technology, training and coaching, and access to our partner colleges.
We prioritize underserved students.
We match each Program Director
with a cohort of 25-30 students
(Fellows) who show potential and commitment to college, but whose
college prospects, without support,
would be limited due to academic
and socio-economic barriers.
Our unique model is
proven to work.
Program Directors work with
same group of Fellows from
their junior year of high school
through their first year of college.
Fellows build academic skills,
and learn to anticipate and overcome roadblocks to ensure they
reach college graduation.
THE RESULT
82%
of OneGoal high school
graduates have enrolled in college
78%
of those are still
in college or have graduated
OUR STORIES
OneGoal Director of Teacher Support David Blancas earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees under the protection of DACA. With its removal, he now worries for his family’s future.
“One of the leadership principles I learned in OneGoal is resilience, and teaching myself to not view myself as a failure for needing more than four years to graduate college is the best example of it that I can imagine.”
Trevon Slaughter
Alumnus, OneGoal – Chicago
North Park University
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“Before OneGoal, I actually had the same goals as a teacher that I do now, just now they are attainable. And now I have access to resources, training and support.”
Sasha Fawaz
Program Director, OneGoal – Chicago
Catalyst Maria High School
