SUMMARY

(1) Yale Latino Alumni Association launches the Home Visits Program to enroll higher numbers of Latinos. Alumni volunteers needed.

(2) YLAA-TSA Day of Service May 15th, 2011: Walking Through Higher Education - Calling all Volunteers 

(3) Save the Date: Future Board Meetings - Monday April 4, 2011 @ 7PM AND Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 7PM

(4) Save the Date: Annual Alumni Reception - Tuesday June 14, 2011

(1) Yale Latino Alumni Association launches the Home Visits Program to enroll higher numbers of Latinos. Alumni volunteers needed.

The Yale Latino Alumni Association is pleased to announce the formal launch of the Home Visits Program, in collaboration with La Casa Cultural Julia de Burgos (the Latino Cultural Center at Yale) and the support of the Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions.  This collective effort is intended to increase the yield of Latino students that will enroll in the Class of 2015.  The Home Visits Program will be piloted in three primary territories: Los Angeles, Chicago and the five boroughs of New York City.  These cities represent not only the highest concentrated number of Latino alumni, but historically, have also generated the highest number of Latino applicants and admitted students to Yale annually.

The history of Yale Latino alumni making home visits has been both long-existing and life altering.  Though never a formal process, for many years Latino alumni have recruited in high schools and maintained close communication with Latino applicants and their families along the way. The communication with Latino alumni has been pivotal to Latino undergraduates ultimately choosing Yale.  The Home Visit Program has been crafted and is driven by many of these experiences; stories much like our own and those of current students. 

We need your help. As a volunteer, you will be trained and matched with admitted student(s) from your city, high school, and/or with similar professional aspirations to yours. The success of this program will not only increase the number of enrolled students beyond the usual percentages to this incoming class, but it will also propel the programs expansion into other important cities and territories such as San Diego, San Antonio, El Paso, Miami, Puerto Rico, among others. 

YLAA Regional Coordinators, Yale Latino alumni volunteers themselves, are currently recruiting, training and will be matching alumni volunteers with admitted students; be it by geographic location, attended high school, course of study/major, aspired profession, family national origin, and/or other significant matching characteristics. Training sessions are coming soon in March, followed by Home Visits in April.

Sign up as a volunteer today! If you live in Chicago, Los Angeles, or New York, please contact the YLAA Regional Coordinator(s) of your region.  There is an electronic volunteer card that may be accessed at: http://goo.gl/9sXFA.

For Chicago: Ms. Militza Pagan,  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

For Los Angeles: Ms. Christina Sanchez, This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  AND Mr. Ryan Mendoza, This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript   

For New York City: Mr. Sebastian Perez, This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Upon your expressed interest you will be notified by your Regional Coordinator of scheduled training sessions near you.  All alumni volunteers are required to attend at least one training session before participating in a home visit.  Thank you in advance for your commitment and contributions to the Home Visits Program. We look forward to your joining us in this very important and worthwhile effort!

(2) YLAA-TSA Day of Service May 15th, 2011: Walking Through Higher Education - Calling all Volunteers 

The Yale Latino Alumni Association of the Tri-State Area would like to invite you to participate in the Yale Day of Service on May 15, 2011.  This year, YLAA-TSA joins with the Bushwick Campus to provide an overview on the application process.  The address will be 400 Irving Avenue.  This will be an opportunity to help teach high school students about applying to college and answer any questions that they have.  In order to do this, we are calling for volunteers for a sub-committee as well as general volunteers that would like to be involved with the event.  To volunteer, please email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  and indicate whether you would like to be included on the sub-committee.  Thanks in advance and look forward to seeing you on May 15th, 2011.

(3) Save the Date: Future Board Meetings - Monday April 4, 2011 @ 7PM AND Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 7PM

Do you have ideas on the kind of events you would like to see as a Latino alumni?  Interested in becoming more involved with YLAA-TSA?  We welcome your presence at our board meetings.  We will update you with a place closer to the date of the board meeting.

(4) Save the Date: Annual Alumni Reception - Tuesday June 14, 2011