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We’re excited to support you through Senior Year Launch: College and Financial Aid Coaching.
This Making Waves Education Foundation program offers you and your family the chance to receive 1-on-1 guidance completing FAFSA and financial aid forms plus personalized college coaching and support applying for our College and Career Success Program.
We’re here to make college affordable and within reach!
1-1 support for filling out FAFSA and getting financial aid for colleges and universities
FAFSA and financial aid processes can be confusing – Making Waves is here to help! You’ll have 1-1 expert guidance from the start of the process (making your account) to applying for federal and state financial aid all the way through walking you through your financial aid packages and the most cost-effective college and university options for you. Meetings with Financial Coach Mr. Miguel Mendoza can be held in English or Spanish.
Here are the required meetings
Let’s create your FSA IDs – parent/s welcome! (mandatory)
Let’s submit the FAFSA application – parent/s welcome! (mandatory)
CSS Profile and IDOC/Verification meeting (optional)
Let’s apply for the Cal Grant (mandatory)
Let’s review your financial aid packages for the best fit – parent/s welcome! (mandatory)
Let’s review funding from CalKids (optional)
Checklist for FSA ID and FAFSA meetings
Mr. Miguel Mendoza, financial coach at Making Waves Education Foundation, will walk you through the financial aid forms and setting up an FSA ID.
Mr. Mendoza is on campus (in the college and career center). Señor Mendoza habla Español y Inglés.
Here is what to bring to the meeting.
Wave-Makers:
Personal email address
Date of birth
If you filed taxes, please bring 2024 federal tax returns
Parents:
Copy or picture of social security card/s of both parents (if parents are married/live together). If parent/s does not have a social security card, please bring picture of front of State ID/Driver License or consular identification
Personal email address for both parents (if parents are married/live together)
Date of birth for both parents (if parents are married/live together)
Month and year one parent moved to California
If your parents filed taxes together, please bring the 2024 federal tax returns. If parents are married/living together, but filed separately, please bring both 2024 federal tax returns
Personalized college coaching and support applying for our College and Career Success Program
The transition from high school to college can be overwhelming. Making Waves’ College Transition Coach Ashley Allston is available at the Making Waves Academy campus to support seniors with the transition to higher education and applying to our Making Waves College and Career Success Program.
Here is an overview of programming for Making Waves Academy’s Wave-23
Ms. Ashley Allston, college transition coach at Making Waves Education Foundation, is available the following days and times:
College Transition Coach
Email: aallston@making-waves.org | Book an appointment: https://scheduler.zoom.us/ashley-allston
Here is what to bring to the meeting:
Benefits of the Making Waves College and Career Success Program
Our college coaches provide guidance for exploring what makes you ‘you’ and for growing your strengths. From choosing a major and mapping a path to timely graduation to setting goals and building relationships–our coaches are here to support you on your entire educational journey.
Our financial coaches help keep your Making Waves scholarship, FAFSA and financial aid forms, college budgeting, and financial literacy skills on track, so you focus on your studies and graduate from college with minimal to no debt.
Our career coaches support college students and recent college graduates on all things career – whether it’s exploring your career options, making a post-grad career plan, finding internships and jobs, improving your resume, growing your interview skills, and more.
My life story could never be told without Making Waves being a part of the equation. Without the educational backing and community I’ve had over the years, I wouldn’t be me. Making Waves did–and still does for us–what unfortunately the education system can’t do for many, which is provide a foundation of resources and preparation that I believe is absolutely necessary for a fruitful future.
Making Waves educated me and my family on higher education and gave me the opportunity to explore a different community and environment, which led me to choose the career I have today and discover other life passions.
Making Waves prepared me for the challenges of college and medical school. The mentorship and resources fostered my academic potential, and the supportive community encouraged and inspired me, and made me proud of the community I come from.