Enroot
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Mission Statement
Enroot envisions a world where all immigrant youth have the opportunity to succeed. We're a community-based nonprofit with a mission to empower immigrant youth to achieve academic, career, and personal success through inspiring out-of-school experiences.
About This Cause
Enroot empowers low-income, immigrant high school students to achieve academic, personal, and career success through mentorship, leadership development, professional internships, and academic support. The goals of the program are to help students: 1) Improve academic performance; 2) Demonstrate a greater sense of community and belonging, self-confidence and advocacy; 3) Develop a clear and inspiring pathway for higher education and career; 4) Build a marketable skill set through real-world, paid internships; 5) Graduate high school prepared to successfully transition to and graduate from post-secondary education. The rate of college completion by low-income youth stands at just 21% in our community. The achievement gap grows even more significant when factoring the additional linguistic and cultural challenges that face new immigrant students. Students designated as "Limited-English-Proficiency" (LEP) are the lowest performing cohort in Massachusetts with the lowest on-time graduation rate. Enroot provides LEP students with wrap-around support. Every week, students meet with their volunteer mentor, receive academic support through 1-1 tutoring, participate in a leadership development and civic engagement seminar, as well as take on the rigors of a professional internship. Many Enroot students spend 15 hours in the program each week, extending their learning day by 50%, significantly increasing the pace of English-language acquisition and setting students up for success in school. "When I first joined [the program], I found people who are just like me, who are trying to learn and trying to be better…I found a community."- Tri, Enroot Alumnus Tri emigrated from Vietnam. The language barrier made it challenging to succeed, but with Enroot's support, Tri graduated high school and went on to earn an Electrical Engineering degree from UMASS Amherst and works as an engineer with Senesta Technologies. Enroot was so pivotal to Tri's success that he comes back each week to volunteer as a tutor for current Enroot students and serves on Enroot's Board. One of the most important long-term impact indicators of success is pursuing and completing post-secondary education. While only 21% of low-income Cambridge students graduate college in 6 years, 41% of Enroot program alumni have completed a Bachelor's degree; 28% are currently enrolled in a four-year degree program, and 10% more completed 2-year post-secondary education programs. Through each support that Enroot offers, students develop an appreciation for the value of higher education as a means to achieving success. The consistent support of mentors, tutors, and supervisors provides students with the tools to achieve this dream.