Corinne Kentor

Thank you so much to everyone who has loved and supported my dad, and our entire family, over the years. I feel so fortunate to be surrounded by the giant community he built for us. To Eric — Thank you for being my dad.

Come work with me!!!!

As an ACLS Leading Edge Fellow with @PresImmAlliance, @CorinneKentor F'23 works on policies at the intersection of higher education and immigration, including addressing the impact of the systemwide problems with the 2024-25 FAFSA on mixed status families. bit.ly/4gIfFzx

Great to join my amazing colleagues to talk about the #FAFSA, #TRIO, and more! Thanks for having us, @NCANetwork!

Excited to share what I’ve been working on @PresImmAlliance! This hub features a curated collection of tools you can use to support #FAFSA completion for students from mixed status families. If you have resources to share, send them my way!

@usedgov announced that the 2025-26 #FAFSA will be open for testing Oct 1 and available to all students by Dec 1. Join @PresImmAlliance and reps from the department on Aug 13 for updates and best practices for supporting mixed status families: bit.ly/3WVQPVc

@usedgov announced that the 2025-26 FAFSA will be available for testing starting Oct 1 and open to all students by Dec 1. Join @PresImmAlliance and dept reps on Aug 13 to learn more about what to expect next cycle and how to support FAFSA completion: bit.ly/3WVQPVc

Tomorrow, 7/25, I’ll be joining the President’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Hispanics to discuss the #FAFSA impact on mixed-status families 📚 💰 🎓 RSVP at cvent.me/0QaX5e @PresImmAlliance @WhiteHouseHPI

The @NCANetwork FAFSA Tracker is live w/ data through 4/5. This week we switched over from tracking FAFSA submissions to FAFSA completions. Completions are down 38% year-over-year. 28% of seniors have completed a FAFSA compared to 46% last year. Oof. ncanfafsatracker.org

After a failed FAFSA rollout, time is running out for an entire nation’s worth of high-school seniors to access financial aid. The effect on college attendance threatens to be worse than the coronavirus pandemic was. @TheAtlantic Gift link here: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

I can’t even wrap my mind around what it means that FAFSA completion is down 30.7 percent on March 15 compared to last year. “Alarm bells” don’t really do this situation justice. It’s a 10-alarm fire for all who care about college access. And I know so many do!

New @usedgov letter to governors urges them to adjust state financial-aid deadlines + push back deposit deadlines, among other recs. tinyurl.com/ewb3a5wz

Spending time this morning with the questions counselors submitted during last week’s #FAFSA briefing. Their expertise is obvious, as is frustration, fear, disappointment. This is why policy MUST start & stay a partnership process. Effective change means talking to people.

I’ll be speaking with @usedgov THIS FRIDAY on the ongoing challenges facing mixed-status immigrant families. Register below for updates on the #FAFSA and what you can do to support students with non-SSN contributors.

I am honored to have DACA recipient and ER physician Dr. Denisse Rojas Marquez as my guest at this year’s State of the Union address. Dreamers and immigrants are essential to our communities––and we're here to remind @POTUS that we can't leave them behind.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, more than 3 million applicants filed the FAFSA by the end of January. By the same time last year, more than 6 million FAFSAs had been filed and processed. Some students may give up on going to college because of the FAFSA problems.

Super proud to be part of this work alongside colleagues from across the higher ed sector. Campuses + orgs are standing behind DACA recipients and all undocumented students, faculty, and staff in our communities.

NEWS: Ed. Dept. says it won't start sending first batch of completed FAFSAs to colleges until "first half of March." Applicants won't be able to make corrections to FAFSAs until that time.

The new FAFSA has been open almost a month, and mixed status families still cannot access the form. This means nearly 1m students are unable to apply for fed aid and may miss crucial deadlines. I spoke with ⁦@MatthewHigherEd⁩ about what’s at stake. bestcolleges.com/news/students-…

Cannot say enough about this phenomenal program!! If you are/have an ABD student interested in applying, I’m happy to connect and share about my experience. (Also s/o to @erikakitzmiller who DM’d me this same tweet last year and changed my life)

@NikkiEvaKentor At least it’s a very lovely urn

That feeling when your dad’s urn arrives just in time for your grandfather’s funeral. @CorinneKentor #loss