The Puente Project
2000 Bldg, 2nd Floor — (714) 992-7084
The Puente Project is an academic, counseling and mentoring program that has improved college persistence and success rates for thousands of California's educationally under-served students. The Puente mission is to increase the number of community college students who:
- transfer and enroll in four-year colleges and universities
- earn college degrees
- return to the community as mentors and leaders
Program Benefits
- guaranteed English and Counseling courses for one year
- academic counseling
- mentoring and networking with community leaders
- leadership and volunteer experience
- university tours and transfer preparation
Program Eligibility
- must be enrolled full-time for Fall and Spring semesters (12 units or more each semester)
- mandatory attendance to all free Puente events
- must be eligible to enroll in English and Counseling courses as part of the Puente Cohorts