Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
We’re excited to welcome Emmanuel Ojo to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Bay Area team as our newest Impact Manager! Emmanuel brings…
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This month, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Bay Area is thrilled to welcome a familiar face into a new role. Bernadette Castillo, who…
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For many AmeriCorps members, a year of service means early mornings in classrooms. For Caitlyn Johnson, it meant paintbrushes, teamwork,…
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When I started my second year of service with Â鶹ÊÓƵ Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with students was…
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Student success coaching represents what we’ve learned from our decade-and-a-half of serving in schools and hope to do alongside students,…
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Next week, many Â鶹ÊÓƵ sites, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ Philadelphia, will welcome their new first year AmeriCorps to their pre-service…
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Vanessa Served as a Student Success Coach in 2024 – 2025 Current Company and Job Title: KIPP: Prize Preparatory Academy,…
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Five helpful facts about serving as a Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps member One of the most frequent questions that Â鶹ÊÓƵ…
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Before the start of a new school year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 29 U.S. sites welcome a new group of talented and…
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Fourteen years ago, Charly Sanchez sat in an elementary school classroom, feeling lost and unseen—until a Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps member…
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We hear time and time again from corps members and alums that when they first joined Â鶹ÊÓƵ as an…
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On June 12, 2025, we proudly graduated our 2024–2025 AmeriCorps class, marking the close of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Los Angeles’ 18th…
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