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ATLAST
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ATLAST Mission

"Our mission is to inspire and empower Latino High School students to become leaders in their school and community while also preparing them to seek careers where Latinos are underrepresented and impact their community."

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ATLAST, based out of McKinney, Texas, aims to inspire Latino students to become confident, empowered, proud of their heritage and see themselves as leaders in their schools and community and take responsibility and action for the betterment of Latinos and society as a whole.

ATLAST aims to give Latino students the tools, skills, and confidence they need to succeed-in their journey toward postsecondary attainment and for their future career goals.
Why We Do It

Why We Do It

Latino students face severe educational challenges
There are numerous programs within Texas schools and in communities that seek to address educational problems faced by Latinos. However, many of these programs do not consider certain cultural aspects of these students which results in them not seeking or utilizing these resources.

There needs to be a program that explicitly addresses Latino students' deficiencies that consider their cultural characteristics and utilizes these differences as strengths to further their education and involvement in the community.

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Texas Latinos Students Enrolled in Public Schools who Identified as English Learners (ELs)<br><i>- Texas Education Agency Division of Research and Analysis Report</i>
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Texas Latinos Students Enrolled in Public Schools who Identified as English Learners (ELs)
- Texas Education Agency Division of Research and Analysis Report
of Texas’s public school students have been labeled at risk of dropping out <b>(65.9% ARE LATINO)</b> <br><i>- Texas Education Agency Division of Research and Analysis Report</i>
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of Texas’s public school students have been labeled at risk of dropping out (65.9% ARE LATINO)
- Texas Education Agency Division of Research and Analysis Report
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Latino Students are least likely to graduate, least likely to go to college, and only 1/3 of those who go to college get a degree."
Texas Demographic Center (Feb. 20, 2020) ,
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Latino students suffer from depression at a higher rate than any other student group."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ,
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Latino students' acculturation limits a student's contact with teachers and how to navigate through school and ask for help if facing a problem."
Nieri, Tanya. “School Context and Individual Acculturation: How School Composition Affects Latino Students' Acculturation” ,
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Latino children are disproportionately poor, with one-third living in poverty and two-thirds living in low-income households."
Community Impact (Dec. 23, 2020) ,
The Solution

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ATLAST: Aspiring Texas Latinos Achieving Success Together is a Latino Leadership Program that empowers Latinos High School students to become leaders within their school and community, while preparing them to pursue careers where Latinos are underrepresented.

 ATLAST accomplishes this by utilization of a specialized curriculum which takes into  account  of Latino students’ cultural differences.  Currently these differences have prevented students from maximizing their education and talent. In addition, ATLAST places Latino students in “menternships” (mentor/internship) where Latinos have low representation.  i.e., medical, non profits, City Council, Chamber of Commerce, child education, law,  and other city entities. Through this experience, students develop the tools to become leaders while in school and are equipped to assist other Latino students by directing them to valuable resources available in the school and community.

The Impact

The Impact

The program will seek to increase college enrollment/completion, the number of Latinos we have in careers that impact Latino lives daily, and where Latinos are severely underrepresented:

Teachers

8%

Attorneys

3%

Psychologists

3%

Tech Industry

3%

Bank Executives

2%

Elected Officials

1%
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At Last There is a Solution to These Problems

At Last There is a Solution to These Problems

The ATLAST mission is to inspire and empower Latino High School students to become leaders in their school and community while also preparing them to seek careers where Latinos are underrepresented and impact their community.
Aspiring Texas Latinos Achieving Succeeding Together (ATLAST) is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization in McKinney, Texas.
Our tax id (EIN) is 85-1907270 and is granted tax-exempt status by the IRS.

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    Schools We Serve

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