826LA Writers’ Room college-bound students receive All Ways Up Foundation scholarship and stipend awards for higher education. Every fall, our In-Schools program is dedicated to helping 12th grade seniors on a life-changing assignment: the personal statement for college admission and … Read more
“I’m so thankful for GLAPSW and my tutor. I wasn’t even thinking of going to college before today, but my tutor helped me. She showed me I have so much to offer!“ On November 18th and 19th, 826LA, in partnership … Read more
Ms. Lonée Lona is an educator from Humanitas Academy of Art & Technology at Torres High School who has been bringing her high school seniors to 826LA’s College Personal Statement Field Trips for four years. During these Field Trips, 826LA … Read more
Crafting personal statements is one of the most powerful examples of writing as a tool for empowerment and equal access. We at 826LA have seen this to be true in our work with students time and time again. This fall, … Read more
Most mornings, Marysol Valle is up early. She takes the Metrolink train from Fullerton in Orange County to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, then a trolley to USC, and then walks about 15 minutes to her destination. No, she’s … Read more
