{"id":20,"date":"2018-02-26T23:15:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T23:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/page-4-a-road-map-to-college-and-on-to-careers\/"},"modified":"2018-04-18T01:58:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T01:58:10","slug":"a-road-map-to-college-and-on-to-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/a-road-map-to-college-and-on-to-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Road Map to College \u2013 and on to Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><b>By Cynthia Dial and Whitney Flores<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><b>Los Medanos College and Opportunity Junction, a nonprofit organization in East Contra Costa County, are working together to guide young adults to college and then on to careers that will sustain them into the future.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The partnership between Los Medanos College and Opportunity Junction is focused on increasing academic and career success for students who demonstrate a need for extra help. This is achieved on a number of fronts: making resources accessible to those who need them most; sharing real-time student data; establishing relationships among students, College personnel, and nonprofit staff; utilizing the knowledge and expertise of both organizations; and ensuring job placement for students after completing a Career Technical Education (CTE) certificate program at LMC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/Junction.logo_.hires_.transp_bkgrd-300x82.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/Junction.logo_.hires_.transp_bkgrd-300x82.gif 300w, https:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/Junction.logo_.hires_.transp_bkgrd-768x209.gif 768w, https:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/Junction.logo_.hires_.transp_bkgrd-1024x279.gif 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>With a focus on those who have been involved in foster care, \u201cRoad Map to College\u201d serves low-income young adults between the ages of 18-24. For some youth, particularly those without family support, the idea of setting educational and career goals or navigating the community college system seems almost impossible. Opportunity Junction\u2019s two college and career counselors \u2013 both of whom can speak to the benefits of attending Contra Costa Community College District \u2013 give students the support, information, and guidance they need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/IMG_0392-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/IMG_0392-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/IMG_0392-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/losmedanos.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2018-volume-10-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/IMG_0392-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cRoad Map to College\u201d has helped students like Montanae, a foster youth who came to Opportunity Junction a week before turning 18. She was grappling with big questions: Where would she live? What kind of career could she have with a high school diploma? Could she dream of more? She knew she wanted to work with children, but had no idea how to get there. Whitney, her Opportunity Junction college and career counselor, began working with her one step at a time. She helped Montanae develop a vision of how a CTE program could help her get on her feet relatively quickly \u2013 and helped her navigate not only the college system, but life itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">As a foster youth, Montanae is lacking basic right to work documents \u2013 such as her birth certificate and social security card \u2013 so she and Whitney have spent countless hours obtaining those items, while also tackling academics. Montanae has loved her classes, enjoys being a student, and attributes much of her success thus far to her relationship with Opportunity Junction. \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t learned of Opportunity Junction, I probably wouldn\u2019t even be in college. Whitney gives really good advice. She listens to my concerns and helps me work through them,\u201d says Montanae. She has had ups and downs, of course, but Montanae is moving forward with Whitney\u2019s steady support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Now in its fourth year, \u201cRoad Map to College\u201d continues to evolve, striving to make the greatest impact on students. The LMC-Opportunity Junction partnership is deepening with each successful step, and both organizations are eager to help other partnerships replicate their success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">To find out more, contact Whitney or Dionne at Opportunity Junction: (925) 776-1133.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Dial and Whitney Flores Los Medanos College and Opportunity Junction, a nonprofit organization in East Contra Costa County, are working together to guide young adults to college and then on to careers that will sustain them into the future. 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