CollegeBound Foundation

Exciting day at CollegeBound! Thank you to @SenatorMcCray who met with our team on ways to expand apprenticeships and skilled trades for Baltimore City students, opening doors for students to thrive in diverse career paths! #CareerReady

President Julia Jasken has been elected to @gscentralmd Board of Directors. Dr. Jasken also serves on the boards of @MICUAtweets, @CollegeBoundFnd and @CarrollChamber. She sits on the NCAA Division III Presidents Council representing the @CentennialConf. gscm.org/en/news/girl-s…

Meet Jayzanay “Jazzy” Blesset our 2025 Scholar of the Year. Yesterday, she taught us a valuable lesson with the story of the carrot, the egg & the coffee bean. How will you respond to adversity? Jazzy is a #ClassOf2025 grad of @PHSClippers500 & will attend @UofMaryland.

A word from our keynote speaker Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, President Emeritus of @UMBC. “Give poetry a round of applause” 👏

Meet our 2025 Distunguished Alumni, Matthew Reeds, alumnus of @Official_BPI, @morganstateu (BS) and @JohnsHopkins (MBA). He is now a doctoral candidate at @UMBC and an avid public servant. He is the co-founder of Reed’s Fund, a nonprofit supporting young adults with autism.

From Handshakes to Table Talk 🤝 Our Board Chair, @alwilsonbmore, prepped our scholars on networking before our Scholars’ Luncheon began and they were seated with scholarship donors, business leaders and city officials.

Join us on Thurs, July 31, for our 37th annual Scholars’ Luncheon! Each day, we will highlight #CollegeBound alumni. Meet our alum of the day: Jasmine Molock. She is a graduate of Baltimore City College and @morganstateu. Jasmine is currently a Law Clerk at The Kearny Law Group!

Join us on Thurs, July 31, for our 37th annual Scholars’ Luncheon! Each day, we will highlight #CollegeBound alumni. Meet our alum of the day: Devonte Berry. He is a graduate of @edmondsonhs and @morganstateu. Devonte is currently a College Completion Advisor at CollegeBound!

Join us on Thurs, July 31, for our 37th annual Scholars’ Luncheon! Each day, we will highlight #CollegeBound alumni. Meet our alum of the day: Tobius Nance. He is a graduate of @highmervo & the University of Maryland. He is our Early College Awareness Associate at CollegeBound!

Join us on Thurs, July 31, for our 37th annual Scholars’ Luncheon! Each day, we will highlight #CollegeBound alumni. Meet our alum of the day: Jamira Collins. She is a graduate of @blsywgirls and @northeastern. Jamira is currently a Master's Candidate at Northeastern!

Join us on Thurs, July 31, for our 37th annual Scholars’ Luncheon! Each day, we will highlight #CollegeBound alumni. Meet our alum of the day: Takaiah Young. She is a graduate of @carvervotech454 and @umesnews. She is currently a Human Resource Representative at @umms!

Join us on Thurs, July 31, for our 37th annual Scholars’ Luncheon! Each day, we will highlight a #CollegeBound alumni. Meet our alum of the day: Camron Richardson. He is a graduate of @greenstreetacad and @mcdanielcollege. He is currently a Human Resource Intern at the @umms!

THANK YOU to everyone who has volunteered with #CollegeBound 🩵🧡💙 YOU all are what makes it possible to do the work we do for @baltcityschools students. To all of our scholarship readers, panelists, guest speakers and all other volunteers, Happy #VolunteerAppreciationWeek!

Because we love a surprise...! 💚💛 Representatives from McDaniel, @baltcityschools, & @collegeboundfnd surprised five Baltimore City high school seniors with full-tuition scholarships to McDaniel as part of #McDaniel29 Congrats to this year's recipients! bit.ly/4cs0Q2n

Today @McDanielCollege, City Schools, and @CollegeBoundFnd surprised five City School high school seniors with full-tuition scholarships to McDaniel for all four years! Congratulations to Malver (Douglass), Ace (Poly), Skye (Western), Zoe (BLSYW), and Jazzy (Patterson). We're so proud of all of you. #CitySchoolsCollege

How do you learn how to “pitch” yourself to find your next opportunity?  As part of the Career Accelerator Lab, students at Patterson wrote “Elevator Pitches” which they will present during our upcoming field trips to the BCPS Forensics Lab, UMD Medical School and BWI Airport.

Thank you to the @CoppinStateUniv staff for welcoming our students from @BFHSBayhawks to your campus! It was a pleasure to meet @CoppinPresident in person at lunch during our tour. Go eagles!

Over the weekend, @UofMaryland surprised members of the #Classof2025 with exciting news. Annaelle Letono, a @PHSClippers500 student, was one of the seniors notified that she was accepted into UMD’s Honors College! Congratulations, Annaelle! 👏

During winter break, we invite our college scholars to #WinterWorkshops 📝 Here, our focus is on building skills for the workforce. Thanks to Alicia Wilson, for her networking workshops, Joel Gamble for his finance workshops & TheAdultingQueen for workshops on #ImposterSyndrome

Johany, sophomore at @nafbmore & member of our #CollegeBound career navigator group, was recently nominated to attend a 3-4 day seminar centered around leadership development 👏   Congrats Johany!