Professional Mentoring
Personalized one-on-one and group mentoring and guidance that builds confidence, skills, and provides support high school students need to create a successful future.
Summer Experiences
Transformative summer experiences give students real-world insight, build resilience, and develop a deeper sense of purpose.
Post-Secondary Mentorship
Post-high school mentorship and support helps students explore both college and vocational pathways, providing guidance on applications, admissions, and career preparation.
CAREER GUIDANCE
Personalized career guidance, skill-building, and exposure to a variety professional pathways helps students navigate their goals with clarity and confidence.
MORE THAN A PROGRAM
From meeting your mentor to hiking mountains to landing internships, there’s a lot to experience at Summer Search. Curious what it looks like? Learn more below.
We're here to help students from under-resourced communities unlock new pathways to success with a program designed to empower, elevate, and equip them to build a brighter future—no matter where they’re starting from.
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99%
of the Class of 2024 earned high school diplomas.
Earning
2-3x
more
income than their families when they first joined.
Earning degrees at
3x
the rate
of their peers.
Hear fromSummer Searchers
Opal C. || Bay Area alumna
“There’s not one way to decide your journey after high school and go about the college experience. So I’m glad that I realized that and had someone there like Jocelyn [my mentor] to help me along the way.”
- 2019Joined
Summer Search -
Opal aspires to speak multiple
languages and travel the world Fun fact
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Lawrence P. || Boston alumni
“When joining Summer Search, you have to be vulnerable to get in. The mentoring forced me to unravel what made me myself…to understand more about me."
- 2001Joined
Summer Search -
Visited 30+ countries and all seven
continents (yes, even Antarctica)
before he was 30! Fun fact -
Consultant, engineer & founder
of Green Book Global Where are they now?
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Jamal T. || New York City alumni
“To this day, I wear a bracelet on my wrist which I earned from my trip. It’s a reminder that leadership is about service—a lesson I learned through my Summer Search journey.”
- 2014Joined
Summer Search -
Angel investor and overseer
of family financial company Where are they now?
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Shakya G. || Philadelphia alumna
“[With] Summer Search, the way I looked at high school was very different. I began to work harder, I got into AP and honors classes, and I became more involved. By senior year, I hit the ground running and applied (to college) everywhere…Before I knew it, I was at the top of my class…"
- 2015Joined
Summer Search -
Founder
of the Morenita Collection Where are they now?
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Mohamed Abdi || Seattle alumni
“Looking back at my experiences the last 5 years my partnership with Summer Search helped me a lot to navigate to where I am today. I was able to get the emotional support I needed from my mentor….and I was able to get the leadership resources I needed; especially when my mentor put me into a fellowship for the community leadership institute with Puget Sound Sage….That fellowship trained me to run for office one day, which helped me get elected!”
- 2013Joined
Summer Search -
Became one of the youngest elected
official in Washington state when he
successfully won in 2021 Fun fact -
Tukwila City
Council member Where are they now?
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