How it works
Participating students are paired with CREAR Futuros mentors who support mentees by helping them navigate financial aid, offering tutoring, connecting them to resources and services that can help students successfully navigate college, and more. Hispanic Federation also creates tailored programming that mentors and mentees participate in throughout the year, including in-person and virtual trainings that cover career readiness, leadership skills building, and more.
Participating Campuses
The CREAR Futuros program is currently offered across 13 different campuses in the United States, serving more than 1,000 mentors and mentees. Participating colleges include:
- New York
- SUNY at Old Westbury
- SUNY Purchase College
- CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
- CUNY LaGuardia Community College
- CUNY Lehman College
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- CUNY New York City College of Technology
- CUNY Queens College
- Illinois
- University of Illinois Chicago
- North Carolina
- North Carolina Central University
- Connecticut
- Connecticut State Naugatuck Valley Community College (Waterbury and Danbury Campuses)
- Florida
- University of Central Florida
- California
- California State University – Los Angeles