September 7-10, 2019 – Long Beach, CA
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] Tara currently attends San Diego State University and is pursuing a degree in Public Administration. When I think of EOP I think of the first day I walked into the office and how that small act has made such a...
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] When I reflect back on my first college experience at Fresno State in the fall of 1988, EOP represented the “safety net” for success that I so desperately needed. Growing up with a single mother who was a welfare...
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] I grew up in a small town in California’s Central Valley where the norm was to work in agriculture or the service industry. I knew I had to go to college, somehow, so I worked hard in school, I...
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] One of my career accomplishments that I am proud of is developing the school social work position for Fresno Unified School District. In my role as an attendance, I recognized that poor attendance was merely a symptom of a...
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] A memory that comes to mind when I think about EOP is Summer Bridge! At first, I was not excited about attending summer school, but I knew that it would help me get ahead and it did. I was...
My thoughts on the Educational Opportunity Program are filled with incredible memories, from day one when I began the Summer Bridge Academy that smoothly transitioned into my First Academic Year in Fall of 2014. I was also part of the first cohort to participate in...
When I think of EOP I think about the program, the staff, and the student mentors who support the students. I also think of the environment it has for students to study, a place dedicated for them. The first memory that I have of the program...
My hometown is Sacramento and I came to HSU in 2015 and I am majoring in Criminology and Justice Studies. I am in my 3rd year and have been a Retention Through Academic Mentoring (RAMP) mentor and an EOP Peer Advisor. When I first came...
The story that comes to mind when I think of SDSU EOP happened during my very first day of the Transfer Bridge program. I remember checking in and picking up my folder and I was also given a SDSU catalog with a sticker that read...
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] I first heard about EOP when I was just starting at City College of San Francisco; however, I heard about EOP a little too late. EOP at CCSF had so many different opportunities and financial support for students enrolled...
