STEP defies the odds
While only 9% of low-income students earn a college degree...

89% of STEP scholars are attending or have graduated college.

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We educate and empower low-income Arizona high schoolers to enroll in and graduate from college.

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Our students are thriving at schools nationwide

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Meet Debora Luna

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"I wasn’t going to let this chance pass me by, just because I was a teenage mom."

STEP Alum, University of Arizona

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Meet Bill De La Rosa

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"I would not be where I am now if it weren't for STEP."

STEP Alum, Bowdoin College Graduate

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Eleazar Romero

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“My daughter went from not being sure, being afraid, and not wanting to be far from her mom to saying ‘I want to do it, I can do it.’”

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Sandra Gonzalez

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“I think a lot about the statistics. Most people in my program are male and white, which is very different from being a minority female. I keep thinking, ‘I’m that 1%’.”

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From workshops to wilderness

Our students are thriving at schools nationwide

"I wasn’t going to let this chance pass me by, just because I was a teenage mom."

"I would not be where I am now if it weren't for STEP."

What's New

“My daughter went from not being sure, being afraid, and not wanting to be far from her mom to saying ‘I want to do it, I can do it.’”

“I think a lot about the statistics. Most people in my program are male and white, which is very different from being a minority female. I keep thinking, ‘I’m that 1%’.”

Commitment. Hard Work. College Success.