Mission

In families where no one has ever studied beyond high school, a student's successful completion of college is a momentous, life-altering event in that family's history.<br><br>First Graduate helps San Francisco students become the first in their families to earn college degrees. Our students are largely immigrants or children of immigrants facing daunting economic and often cultural challenges. Bright and eager to excel in their educations and eventually their careers, they need the sorts of long-term support their less-challenged peers receive to become, and remain, competitive high school and college candidates.<br><br>Beginning the summer after 6th grade and continuing through college graduation and into careers and the workforce, we support each of our students with a comprehensive array of highly effective free programs-from individual academic coaching and high school and college admissions guidance to career counseling and more.