A Windy Meet & Greet in St. Mary’s Square!
On Wednesday, July 15th at 6:00pm, a group of twenty-three strangers met in St. Mary’s Square. They looked around—some with contagious excitement, others with subdued curiosity—seemingly wondering, Is that him? […]
Meet Paula Morgan
“If you already have a full time career, do you really wish to accept a second one simultaneously? Oh, by the way, it is a volunteer position.” This is thePaula […]
Mentor Mixer: A Risky Venture?
Volunteer mentors are at the heart of a successful San Francisco Achievers experience. But, who mentors the mentors? Who supports, trains and helps them help their students? The Mentor Committee, […]
Achiever Spotlight: Stevan Berhe
Wallenberg high school student Stevan Berhe came to the United States at the age of three from Eritrea with his mother and two brothers. He is bilingual, speaking both English […]
Daniel Ogbonna’s First Steps Toward College
By Lynn Jacobs For African American males like Daniel Ogbonna, acceptance to college represents the first step toward an eminent future. Daniel is a senior at Wallenberg High School in […]
David Miles’ SFA Journey out of Darkness
By Adam Ramirez David Miles was in the pitch blackness. He was in a dark cave in Yosemite with no light and the only way he could navigate out of […]
Achiever Spotlight: Jerry Johnson
By Lynn Jacobs One of our scholars, Jerry Johnson, recently told us that his ability to succeed had always been doubted; his friends, and even his family members, told him […]
