Making Waves brings together the impact of two nonprofits: Making Waves Academy and Making Waves Education Foundation. Together, we are creating equitable access to college and career success for first-generation students of color, and a stronger source of diverse talent in the Bay Area that will accelerate our region’s success.
We are offering scholarships for Bay Area high schoolers from low-income backgrounds. Students will also be enrolled in Making Waves’ college and career success program.
You could earn up to $20,000 in scholarships by texting and being on TikTok. Twenty students from the Bay Area will receive scholarships – and be enrolled in Making Waves Education Foundation’s college and career success program.
College graduate, Tamiko Huey, shares the value of internships, along with specific ways you can maximize your internship experience in pursuit of a full-time offer following your college graduation.
Throughout 2023-24, the Making Waves student advisory committee provides feedback and solutions for Wave-Maker specific program initiatives, student engagement efforts, and program policies and procedures.
An English education major at San Francisco State University, Salvador Sandoval is pursuing his passion for creative writing and his goal of becoming a teacher in his hometown of Pittsburg, California. “Making Waves is one of the reasons I am in college,” he shared.
As Making Waves college coaches, we partner with students to help them navigate higher education. Common barriers include the hidden curriculum of higher education, imposter syndrome, and different types of learning in college, such as course schedules, office hours, and networking with professors. Here are tips to overcome these challenges to reach your college and career goals.
Our students partner with Making Waves coaches to navigate resources, reflect on their experiences, and chart a path forward toward their goals. All of this is rooted in agency and encouraging choice to reinforce informed decision-making. Coaches partner with you in pursuing options that feel attainable with support.
College life is often equal parts exciting and challenging but being ‘in the know’ about free campus resources (yes, we said FREE) can make your
During the 2022-23 academic year, more than 110 of our students received their degrees from more than 25 universities, with nearly 90% of our college graduates this year earning their degrees debt-free.
Drive impact. Build community. Do hard things. Learn and grow. Promote equity. These are the five core values that guide the work of Making Waves Education Foundation. Making Waves chief operations officer and people and culture manager share the ways that Making Waves instills their core values throughout the organization.
Making Waves Education Foundation welcomed 15 recent Pittsburg High School graduates into its college and career success program, which provides scholarships and partners each student with a college coach, financial coordinator, and career specialist.
