The Peninsula College Fund provides first-generation, low-income students from San Mateo and Santa Clara counties the resources and finances to graduate college and achieve their career goals.
Sisters Cindy, left, and Karla Cisneros, of San Jose are two PCF scholars, standing at The Peninsula’s annual College Fund’s Annual Fall Fundraiser at Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club in Menlo Park, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Karla Cisneros never imagined she would be able to attend college. She knew her parents wouldn’t be able to afford the tuition and no one in her family had ever pursued higher education.
Sisters Cindy, left, and Karla Cisneros, of San Jose are two PCF scholars, talk with potential donors at The Peninsula’s annual College Fund’s Annual Fall Fundraiser at Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club in Menlo Park, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. According to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics,
Thanks to the Peninsula College Fund’s wraparound services, like providing mentors, helping students access trainings and workshops and supporting them in their search for an internship, Mireles said PCF scholars who began college in 2017 graduated within six years at a rate of 88% – more than four times the national graduation rate for first-generation college students.
“I was like, I cannot do this. I know my sisters and my family are counting on me, but I just can’t,” she recalled. Cindy said she never planned on attending college, but Karla and the Peninsula College Fund showed her that she could.
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