Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring Lauren Treacy of College Possible.
The program will be presented in-person and on Zoom on Thursday morning informally beginning at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The in-person meeting will be at the Wedgwood Community Church at 8201 30th Ave NE, Seattle.
The meeting will also be available via Zoom. You can click here to join the Zoom meeting.
Lauren Treacy serves as the Executive Director of College Possible Washington. She has over ten years of experience in the education nonprofit field. Her experience as a first-generation college student and an AmeriCorps Member guides her focus on the importance of college access and success. Prior to College Possible Washington, Lauren served as the Interim Executive Director at City Year Seattle/King County where she built strong partnerships in Seattle Public Schools. Servant and adaptive leadership coupled with a community-centered approach, drives the work culture Lauren builds.
Lauren attended Gonzaga University for her undergraduate studies and holds an M.Ed. in School Counseling from Louisiana State University. Lauren is a true Washingtonian having grown up in Central Washington and currently lives in West Seattle with her partner Casey, their young son Forrest, and her many animals.
College Possible Washington (previously known as College Access Now or CAN), is working to close the college degree divide. Since 2006, their college access and success programs have helped empower more than 6,850 students within Seattle and South King County on their path to earning a college degree. Their pioneering model matches eligible students with near-peer coaches and a proven curriculum designed to help them overcome the most common barriers to getting into college and completing their degree — all at no cost to students or their families.
Through partnerships with Seattle, Renton and Federal Way school districts, College Possible Washington is advancing educational equity for students in the King County community. Only 30%+ of young people in Washington state will have a college degree by age 26, even though 70% of jobs in our state will require an AA/BA degree. The challenge is more pressing when we discover that only 34% of students who come from a low-income community in South King County graduate college compared to 71% of their peers from a high-income community. Talent and motivation are equally spread amongst students, but access and resources are not. The aim of College Possible Washington is to help create a more educated and diverse workforce by offering young people real opportunities to break the cycle of poverty.