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NCLR Escalera Project
"Taking Steps to Success"

The NCLR Escalera Project is a result of the National Council of La Raza's strategic plan to increase upward mobility among Hispanic Americans.

Advisory Committee Frito-Lay Cucamonga Site MAHEC Garfield High School Career Center

Escalera Project Staff: Carlos Venegas, Program Manager Adriana Ustarez and Ana Zepeda, Case Manager Interns

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To achieve this goal,

NCLR, MAHEC and Frito-Lay Corporation have united and will work together in order to provide selected high school students from Garfield High School the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential!

Mission

• Increasing Educational Attainment
• Promoting Career Planning
• Promoting Access to Good Paying Careers

Escalera targets these areas:

• Foundation Skills
• Career Development
• Leadership & Personal Development
• Technology
• Work Readiness

Objectives

• Escalera's program objective is to enable 10th - 12th grade Latino high school students to graduate and knowledgeably plan their future.



• Escalera's program objective is to finalize a stay in school 15 month program which will offer several points of economic mobility (e.g. college and/or frontline good paying positions.) escalerap_mahec@msn.com

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