From no plan to navigator: Wai?ale?ale Project shows the way
A high school field trip unlocked a first-generation student¡¯s path to success.
A high school field trip unlocked a first-generation student¡¯s path to success.
Mom follows in sons¡¯ footsteps at Kauaʻi Community College.
First-generation Kauaʻi student Anson Lazaro powers through work, school and long commutes to a bright future.
Groundbreaking program has served almost 800 non-college-bound students.
Since 2010, the transformational project has served 786 students, ages 18–66, who would not otherwise have gone to college due to financial, personal or academic obstacles.
The project encourages and finances non-college-bound high school students and adults to attend, and successfully complete, their first year of college.
Kauaʻi CC’s Thomas Iannucci becomes first Waiʻaleʻale student to receive a bachelor’s degree.
The E.H.W. Broadbent Foundation funds scholarships for Kauaʻi CC students.
Kauaʻi CC’s Waiʻaleʻale Project receives $3,000 contribution from the Kawakami family fund.