“’Teaching provides me with an opportunity to give back to the same program that helped me embark on an academic journey that has resulted in my professional career as a computational scientist,’ said Mason alumnus Sarom Leang, BS Chemistry ’04…” – Anna Stolley Persky
“Ten years ago when the program began, ACPS had just ten students representing the district. A decade later and thanks to a commitment from the school district to expand the budget along with a generous grant from Alexandria City’s Fund for Human Services, those numbers swelled this year to sixty” – ACPS
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Linda Chilin, who has a bachelor’s degree from Mason in community health, and a master’s in biology, began her relationship with the university through its Early Identification Program and has continued into a PhD program (Damian Cristodero)
ABC7’s most recent spotlight on education focused on the Early Identification Program and two of our alumna Marjorie Lopez Morillo and Katherine Chiari
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“EIP changed the game for me,” said Loree Williams …“I am a strong believer in the fact that I would not be where I am today if it wasn’t for EIP.”
– Christopher Bobo
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Isabella Bah an EIP alumni, “… received a $10,000 EagleBank Entrepreneurship Scholarship that helped pay her sophomore tuition” and “said the opportunity EIP gave her to familiarize herself with the campus and make friends was just what she needed to acclimate to a new and challenging environment.”
– Damian Cristodero
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“… 24 recent PWCS graduates experienced intensive academic and social support designed to prepare first generation students for college. Five of the students received scholarships to attend George Mason.”
– Neabsco Elementary School website
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“Five years later, Ceairah credits the [Early Identification] Program with helping her earn a 3.5 GPA, admission to George Mason University (GMU) and a three-year full scholarship covering tuition and fees at GMU”
– Carolyn Semedo-Strauss
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“Before [her older siblings enrolled in EIP], there wasn’t very much talk about college,” Rosa Roque said. “[EIP] made [college] an achievable goal for them. They started to see themselves coming to college and having that experience. I feel like without the direction the program gave, it would have been a lot harder for us to find ourselves on that path.”
– John Hollis
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