Many Black, Brown, and first-gen scholars don’t have the academic support to persist or perform the way their peers do. They live in poverty at rates nearly three times higher than the national average. Half don’t graduate high school — and those who do see lower wages and less college completion.

But Heights Philadelphia has proven students can achieve their goals with better educational resources and caring community support. They have the potential — we help untap it, showing them new pathways to success.