Records are meant to be broken!

Our Email is Changing in June!

Reminder: We are transitioning our email communication to a new email address: team@expfuture.org.

Please make sure to add team@expfuture.org and the domain mailman.bloomerang-mail.com to your Safe Sender list. We hope the transition will go smoothly, but please make sure to check your Junk Mail folder for the next few months.

Half a Million Dollars Raised Thanks to Our Supporters!

Thanks to the support of our sponsors and more than 300 guests, we raised half a million dollars at the Oceans of Opportunity Awards and Scholarship Celebration on April 27 at the Museum of Latin American Art! Your generosity helped us exceed our goal and Marathon broke our fundraising record with a generous pledge of $70,000. Together we can keep more than 8,200 students in 13 EXP-supported high schools on track to college and career success.

Hosted one last time by our CEO Amy Grat with the help of alum Dalia Palsson ’03 along with alums and staff award presenters, the 23rd annual awards and scholarship celebration honored the dedication of our volunteers like our Bill Stein Memorial Leadership Award Pat Wilson of Fast Lane Transportation and our partners like our Keeper of the Flame Award honoree Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA). We also saluted the achievements of our 27 scholarship recipients and the Carol Rowen 180 Degree Award honoree, America Jasso from San Pedro High School. Read the full recap here.

Support EXP Now!

Invest in Your Future. Host a Summer Intern.

We have 81 internship candidates but only just a little over 60 internship spots so far! Will you invest in your company's future by hosting an intern this summer?

According to a National Association of Colleges and Employers survey, only 57% of employers engage with high school students to create a talent pipeline. Those businesses recognize the value of engaging with high school students and are developing programs to attract and train young talent. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to position your company for success! (Read more about the benefits of hosting a high school intern here.)

We are seeking companies and organizations willing to host a high school junior for 20-30 hours a week from July 10th through August 4th. Learn more about the EXP Internship Program: Powered by Prologis today and sign up to host an EXP intern this summer! Deadline to submit an intern request form is Friday, May 26.

I’m Interested!

Say Hello to Jasmine Scales, Program Manager, Internship & Outreach

Jasmine joined EXP in March. She comes to us with experience as a Youth and Education Manager with the Coalition for Responsible Community Development and as a Program Manager at UCLA, supporting high school students joining a program.

Jasmine earned a Master of Education degree in Post-Secondary Education and Student Affairs from USC.

We are excited to have Jasmine and her knowledge and passion lead our Internship Program! For more information or any questions about the internship program, please contact her at jasmine@expfuture.org.

Your Support in Action

Manuel Dominguez Spring Career EXPloration Fair

22 exhibitors with 35 volunteers helped Manuel Dominguez High School students discover college and career options on April 21. More than 300 students explored post-secondary education possibilities from aviation to pharmacy and career possibilities in various industries, from local bakeshops to big names like Starbucks and Disney.

BYD Energized Hands-on Learning for Carson High School Students

Thanks to our friends at BYD North America, 35 students in the Environmental Science and Engineering Technology (ESET) pathway at Carson High School rode on their electric transit bus to visit the BYD Coach and Bus Facility in Lancaster where they viewed the manufacturing process from the welding station to the final assembly line and heard from two engineers. See more pictures here.

Watch: 2023 Women in STEM Career Day Highlights

Thank you, exhibitors, volunteers, and sponsors!

EXP Staff Updates

Promotion:

Lisa Lampon, Vice President of Operations

In her new role, Lisa will oversee Program Team and Business Operations, ensuring that EXP’s programs and services are designed and delivered with excellence and that the organization’s business operations are efficient and optimized. She will also continue to fulfill her existing responsibilities in new program development and strategic initiatives.

Lisa will have the support of Daisy Boeckmann ’17, in her new role as Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives. Daisy will manage EXP programs that cross school boundaries, including alumni/young adults initiatives and programs in Orange County. Daisy previously oversaw schools in the Long Beach and Centinella Valley Union high school districts.

Also Promoted:

Caitlin Martin, Senior Events Manager
Patty Negrette, Senior Program Manager, Barstow
Kathy O’Malley, Senior Development Manager, Institutional Giving

Welcome Back!

Sandra Rascon, Program Manager

Sandra returned to EXP in April to oversee our programs at Long Beach Poly, Intellectual Virtues Academy, Lawndale and Leuzinger high schools. As our Program Manager previously, Sandra was instrumental in building our Young Adult Program and delivering programming at Banning High School. We are thrilled to have her skills and experience back on the team!

**Lisa Lampon, Vice President of Operations**

We’re Hiring!

Program Manager, Full-Time, Exempt, Hybrid

The Program Manager is responsible for the overall success of EXP’s signature programming. The Program Manager develops, implements, promotes and evaluates EXP’s school-based work-based learning programs.

Operations Coordinator, Part-Time, Non-Exempt

The Operations Coordinator will act as support within the Operations department assisting with various activities within the department. The applicant should be detail-oriented, possess a high degree of accuracy and work well with other people in an office work environment.

Learn more and apply today!