By Pauleanna Reid
How This Former Foster Kid Created A Mentorship Program
There are currently more than 400,000 children in the U.S. foster system, and only 4% of them will graduate college. Those are the challenging statistics Jacqueline Diep found herself up against growing up in the foster care system.
(Source Forbes)
By Evan Kolin
Oderah Chidom gets Involved with The Big Homie Project
Former Duke women’s basketball star Oderah Chidom had always wanted to give back to her community. She just never quite knew how.
But when Chidom met Jacqueline Diep, she finally found that opportunity.
(Source: Duke Chronicle)
By Andy Deossa
Stanford Athletes are Making Time for Mentorship
Sitting in a classroom in Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa, an 11-year-old Ousseni Bouda made a decision that might’ve changed his life forever. That particular day the choice was between school or attending a soccer tryout.
(Source: Yahoo Sports)
By Sophia Nesamoney
Inspiring Next Generation of African American Surgeons
In the United States, only 5% of Doctors are African American, and the number of black doctors from low-income communities is even lower.
(Source: Stanford Daily)
By Savanna Stewart
Stanford Athletes Inspire Local Youth
Playing on the NCAA stage, Stanford student-athletes are given a national platform. What they choose to do with that platform, however, is up to them.
(Source: Stanford Daily)
By Ana Mata
Alumna Founds Youth Mentoring Organization
Where there are gaps in academic and career achievement for underprivileged kids in the Bay Area, alumna Jacqueline Diep works to build bridges.
(Source Daily Trojan)
By Savanna Stewart
Winter Wonderland: Stanford Players Run Basketball Clinic
In East Palo Alto there is a harsh irony. The city, which is just five miles from Stanford, has been excluded from Silicon Valley’s rapid growth, and the aura of inspiration and opportunity that surrounds the university is nearly impossible to find.
(Source: Stanford Daily)