Compass For Youth

We are so proud of Cyndi for becoming a 2020 Field Science Fellow with the UC Natural Reserve System!!

As a UCLA undergraduate, Cyndi researches how personality and cortisol levels affect learning in ground squirrels at the UC Natural Reserve System’s James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve for her 2020 NRS Field Science Fellowship. The fellowship provides financial support enabling undergraduates to conduct full time field research for a summer at a UC Natural Reserve System reserve with mentoring from a UC faculty member.

Cynthia Frausto, 2020 Field Science Fellow UC Los Angeles undergraduate Cynthia Frausto researched the connections between personality, cortisol levels, and learning in ground squirrels at the UC Natu...

Former foster care students are having a hard time adjusting to online classes and campus closures due to COVID-19. They no longer have on campus housing or traditional resources; they need things like printers, computers, and wifi that they would usually utilize on campus.

One of our students, Ashli, is doing a live gesture drawing session on Instagram for artists this Thursday 4/9. She has previously posed for Disney, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Netflix, Nickelodeon, and more. All donations support our foster youth trying to get through college. Check out our website CompassForYouth.org to learn more or donate directly

Friendly reminder that today is the FAFSA deadline!! If you need any help we can walk you through each step, call (323) 788-0747 :)

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