Our Vision

For every student to identify and achieve their educational dreams, regardless of their immigration status.

  • RESPECT AND ACCEPTANCE

  • EQUITY

  • KNOWLEDGE

  • COLLABORATION

  • TRANSPARENCY

Angel & Yousof at the Attainment Network Conference 2023

Photo credit: Tracy Small

we believe that:

  • We are all worthy of manifesting our potential and having a positive impact on our community.

  • We build strong communities through justice and peace.

  • We have a shared humanity.

Our Mission

Hands to the Future (H2TF) works to increase the number of youth from immigrant, refugee, or multicultural backgrounds completing college degrees, master's degrees, educational credentials, certificates, and licenses. We connect Colorado-based students and their families to educational opportunities and provide college advising, leadership development, tools, and resources to succeed in their educational pursuits.

Food FOr thought

Only 26% of adults between 22 to 59 who do not have a college-educated parent have a bachelor’s degree Pew Research Center.

First-generation students are more than twice as likely to leave school within three years (33%) than students whose parents have a bachelor’s degree (14%). And only 48% of first generation students are on track to graduate three years after enrollment, compared to about 66% of non-first generation students. EAB

In 2018, 17% of all students in Colorado public higher education institutions came from immigrant families. MPI

Obstacles beyond tuition exist for many first generation students. “In addition to financial challenges, first generation students are navigating a system that is new to them, that taxes them experientially, psychologically, and emotionally,”

- Donald Earl Collins, an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland, University College.

Photo credit: Yousof Kohistani

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