Local First’ We Rise Businesses, Mission to Transition and MECCA Partner to Educate Youth On College Preparation at the Urban Experience Expo

On February 18, 2023, Local First’s We Rise Cohort 5 businesses Mission 2 Transition and McKnight Educational Consulting for College Admissions (MECCA) partnered to teach youth about the college admission process at the Urban Experience Conference hosted by the Youth World Education Project.

Mission 2 Transition founder, Antoinette Mendez on the left, and MECCA’s founder Sandra Jenkins on the right at the Urban at The Urban Experience Conference.

Mission 2 Transition facilitated an interactive mock-admission simulation for students and parents. The purpose of the simulation was to create awareness of the many factors that are considered in college admission decisions. MECCA followed up the simulation by providing students and parents with grade-level-specific checklists of the actions students and parents should be taking to be prepared for the transition out of high school.  

Youth World Education Project’s mission is to bridge the gap between parental involvement, education, and workforce development with a system of support that prepares youth to compete in the global economy and build social skills, resiliency, and self-sufficiency.