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Helping #singleparents graduate from college with the skills they need to achieve economic independence. #studentparents #educationalequity

Orange County, CA
Joined October 2010
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Help @PSSOC bring Thanksgiving to more tables! 🧡 Create a Thanksgiving food box with a few essentials & $20 gift card for perishable items. Drop it off at our drive-thru location on Nov 20 or 23 & we’ll make sure it reaches a family in need. 🍂 Sign up: loom.ly/yShG-Uw
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Thank you for all of the donations to our Thanksgiving Food Drive for @pssoc 🍗 We hope these hardworking families have a plentiful and restful Thanksgiving feast. #thanksgiving #community #feast #food #grateful #costamesa #orangecounty #mycostamesadentist
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💜💜 HAPPY #SPIRITDAY! 💜💜 Go purple now to show your support for LGBTQ youth: glaad.org/spiritday
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Maria Isabel is 1 of our 11 incredible new Parent Advisors who will not only inform our work at Ascend but will drive forward changes in their schools, communities, and beyond so #StudentParents and their families can reach their goals! 🎓💫
Congratulations to the new Parent Advisors with @AspenAscend including @pssoc alumna Maria Isabel Ramos Martinez! ascend.aspeninstitute.org/ne…
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ICYMI: The Senate recently passed S. Res. 777 to make Sept. 2022 the 2nd annual National Student Parent Month! On behalf of the country’s 4M parenting students, HLA + 43 partner orgs TY, @SenDuckworth & @JerryMoran for leading this effort! ✉️✉️✉️: bit.ly/3BDlieE
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Student parents, your voice is needed TODAY! Tell the Dept of Education to do more to protect pregnant and parenting students. Deadline 9/10. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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“Sharing is a choice and language is an action” -Anne Mosle @AspenAscend Feeling empowered by my fellow #studentparents and @waukecha of @PSSOC @ECMCFoundation #singlemomsinhighered
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1/5 @IWPResearch supports the Biden administration’s decision to relieve up to $20,000 of debt for #studentloan borrowers and pause upcoming payments. #Studentdebt is a gender and racial justice issue and one that disproportionately impacts #studentparents.
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Student parents work hard to balance classes, work, and caring for their kiddos as they pursue college degrees and family-sustaining careers. But how much does it cost for a parent to attend college in your state? Find out in our new report with @EdTrust: edtru.st/StudentParentAfford…
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I’m just going to leave this right here. – at Maryland, USA
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"Help isn't help if it isn't helpful" - Student Parent at the #studentparentsummit on supportive services and pathways for #studentparents #singlemothersinhighered #datacollection #raiseawareness
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Several organizations came together to present information about the challenges student-parents face as well as the valuable outcomes for those who succeed. @SuJinJez @CalCompetes @CA_LearningLab @AspenAscend @EdTrust @LoisElfman @PSSOC diverseeducation.com/student…
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Share your #knowledge and experience by mentoring a #singleparent in #college in #healthinformatics, #humanresources or #computerscience #IT Program to start in late July or August and only requires a few hours per month. DM or email us at [email protected] #remote
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I love it! Thank you @ImaginableFut!
We were thrilled to send #PregnantGirl: A Story of Teen #motherhood College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families by @NicoleLynnLewis to our single-parent scholars as part of our February care package. Thank you @ImaginableFut for gifting us copies! #studentparents
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Join us for a mobile #OCCOVID19 vaccine clinic at the @OrangeCountySSA, 2020 W. Walnut Street in #SantaAna Wednesday, January 12 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Please call (714) 834-2000 ☎️ to schedule an appointment or simply walk in 👟. #ThisIsOurShot
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Register for the #WalkUnited5K and join Team Rams in the fight to end poverty in LA County ➡️ therams.com/walkunited #RamsHouse | @RamsCommunity
Everybody who registers has a chance to win one of these awesome experiences: ⚡️Two suite seats to the Nov 7th Rams/Titans game 👑👑 ⚡️Two tickets to the Dec 5th Rams/Jaguars game 🎟 🎟 ⚡️A VIP tour of SoFi stadium 🥇 (1/2)
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1 in 5 college students in the U.S. is a #StudentParent - that's nearly 4M moms & dads in school! 🎓 We're excited to celebrate September as the 1st annual #StudentParentsMonth! Thanks to @SenDuckworth & @JerryMoran’s for championing this issue 👏🎉
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.@saragoldrickrab testifying @RulesDemocrats: "Having been deeply engaged in this work for more than 20 years, I assure you that basic needs insecurity in higher education, particularly food insecurity & hunger, is real, pervasive, and something that we can absolutely solve.."
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This Mother's Day weekend, we're celebrating strong moms. 💪🏾💐Meet @waukecha, a #singlemom to 3 kids, an #AscendAdvisor, a #StudentParent, a life coach, a business owner, and so much more. Listen to her journey on her episode of the #1in5podcast 👇🏾 buff.ly/3xSRMyQ
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#AscendTogether launches 4/29 @ 3:30 ET! A new LIVE series to air each month on Twitter & YouTube. Ep. 1 features @ViniceinED, Venture Partner with @ImaginableFut & @waukecha, Ascend Parent Advisor discussing the power & economics of #parenthood. bit.ly/2QRppzV
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