/PRNewswire/ Effective now, as announced tonight at their annual "School Night Dinner Fundraiser" on October 11, Minds Matter San Francisco is now called.
Minds Matter San Francisco receives unprecedented $100,000 donation from high-tech executive
Share Article SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) May 24, 2021 On Saturday, May 22, 29 students in the Class of 2021 graduated from Minds Matter San Francisco’s high school program. Minds Matter San Francisco has mentored and graduated 8 classes of students in 11 years, all of whom are from low-income communities of color. Students from this year’s graduating class will be headed to some of the most prestigious four-year institutions in the country from Princeton to Brown to Claremont McKenna. These incredible students are exceptional. They are also, quite literally, the exception.
Systemic Exclusion
Black and Hispanic/Latinx professionals and leaders are disproportionately underrepresented across many sectors of our economy, including high tech. A college degree, especially from a selective institution, is often a necessary
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Susanna Lau (left) and Lana Nguyen started SupplyHopeInfo. (Photo courtesy of Florante Masangcay via Bay City News)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA It s no secret 17-year-old girls can be boy-crazy. But instead, Susanna Lau and Lana Nguyen, seniors at San Francisco s Washington High School, are crazy about aiding low-income students like themselves. To dispense free basic school supplies that might lead to academic success, the two last May founded SupplyHopeInfo, a charity that aims to solve a new problem wrought by the pandemic: that low-income students can t rely on school resources for distance-learning.
The organization, according to Lau, its head of communications, can help those students cope with not having access to [sufficient] finances at home.