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Uplift Heights scholar Leslie Eguizabal secured her first internship this summer. The junior applied for the Dallas Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program and was hired by Uplift Education’s Road To College team. “It’s hard work. You can’t take money for granted,” said Eguizabal. The junior was one of three Uplift Education interns through the Dallas Mayor’s Intern […]
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Uplift Luna scholar, Daniel Chairez is interested in pursuing a career in marketing. The senior was one of several Uplift scholars selected for the Dallas Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program. Chairez went through a round of interviews during the Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program job fair. He stepped into his first interview with the non-profit Susan G. Komen Dallas County, […]
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Kevin Valadez began at Uplift Summit as an 8th grader. The school was new to the community but Valadez’s mother thought it would be a good opportunity for her son. He recalls his first year at Uplift Summit his classes were in portables. The then teen remembers thinking it was a big change from his old […]
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Uplift Heights scholar Jacqueline Camarillo wants to help people. She aspires to be a pediatrician. Camarillo said there is only one thing that holds her back, her timidness. It is something she wanted to overcome this summer. The junior’s Road To College counselor advised her to apply for the Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program. The program offers […]
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When Uplift Williams opened in 2007, the Sierra family had already found a school for their young children, but word quickly spread about the new free public charter school in the Love-Field neighborhood. Beatriz Sierra, a mother of four wanted her children to have the best education possible. She wanted her kids to be college-ready. Beatriz […]
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Yasmin Oliver considers herself an activist. She wants to be able to bring change. The 16 year-old has hopes of pursuing a law degree and to get experience, Oliver interned at the City of Dallas this summer. She learned first hand the ins and outs of city government while interning at the Intergovernmental office. Oliver was one of more than […]
Read MoreWhile some scholars prefer to spend their summer away from school, a group of Uplift Williams rising seniors are taking the time to develop test prep material for incoming juniors. Jose Deantes, Danielle Castro and Angel Soto were selected to take part in the first Student Instructional Leadership Team (S.I.L.T.) internship created by Netanya Evans Ph.D., English AP teacher […]
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Uplift Peak alumna Natalia Mancia is a recent college graduate from the College of Saint Benedict with a bachelors of arts in psychology and a minor in art. Mancia is the first in her family to graduate from college. The 21 year-old found the Road To College counselors to be one of her biggest supporters in addition […]
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Rising sophomores and juniors from Uplift Infinity took in the sights of the nation’s capitol and the city that never sleeps. Fourteen scholars from Uplift Infinity took part in Education First Tours (EFT) which focuses on bringing the classroom lessons to life through educational tours. Rising sophomores and juniors began their five-day adventure flying out of Love Field on […]
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On the basement floor of the South Side on Lamar building is SPARK!, an artist playground where kids use their imagination to create a new world without limitations. “[SPARK!] is here to show kids that everyone can be creative in their own way,” said Angelique Gonzalez, junior at Uplift Luna. Gonzalez is spending her summer interning at SPARK!, which provides kids from […]
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