Article: East Palo Alto, Calif., Group Helps Impoverished Students Attend College.

By John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 26--There is a list in the small lobby of an East Palo Alto non-profit, written carefully in neat block letters by students. Actually, it's more of a proclamation.

Dharana Portillo wants to go to Georgetown University. Sabriya Meeks has several colleges in mind: Xavier University, Duke University, Hampton University. Ayinde Tate is zeroing in on Seton Hall University.

These young people are learning to dream about what many suburban teens take for granted: college.

"They are often overlooked," says Laurene Powell Jobs, board president of ...

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