ckla concept deck
TRANSCRIPT
Imagine being a first-generation, low income student trying to navigate the college admissions and financial aid process.
Students want to know how to get in and pay for college but have trouble finding the resources to help.
Only 30% of low-income students make it to the first
year of college…
REAL access. REAL people. REAL opportunity.
Only 9%
graduateStatistic source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/03/04/getting-more-low-income-students-into-college-isnt-about-money-its-about-the-curriculum/
WHAT DOES CKLA DO?Connecting students to: College
Information Applications Financial
Aid Test Prep
College Knowledge Los Angeles aggregates events about College Information, Applications, Financial Aid, and Test Prep in the Los Angeles area.
Users can search for free and find upcoming college and financial aid events in their local community. Users can search events by zip code or event type (such as college admissions, financial aid, or test prep)
What sets our app apart is that we aren’t just giving students more resources to read. We are creating real access to real people who can provide the personalized guidance students need.
VANESSA MONTEROSA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ED.D., CANDIDATE,
CSULBED.M., HARVARD
B.A., BIOLA UNIVERSITY
SHARLA BERRYDIRECTOR OF OUTREACH &
PARTNERSHIPSPH.D. STUDENT,
USC ROSSIERM.A., LMUB.A., LMU
CHRISTOPHER PEREZ
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION
SM.S., CSULBB.A., CSULA
CKLA LEADERSHIP
BESSIE CHUTECHNICAL LEAD
M.C.M., USCB.A., UC DAVIS
developing partnerships
MOVING FORWARD
develop mobile app
rollout to students at next admissions cycle
user testing
What’s Next
What We’re Working On Now
building responsive website as
MVPbuilding database
gaining sponsors
engineering site architecture