Boston, MA and Faneuil Hall Marketplace

Today we started the morning by going to Faneuil Hall Marketplace (which includes Quincy Market) as well as taking a trolley tour of historic Boston.

Luis Enriquez: Hot Dog Killer

Mr. Gary Trujillo, President and CEO of Southwest Harvard Group, spoke to the participants of the Arizona Ivy League Project on December 27th, 2008. Mr. Trujillo is a graduate of Harvard Business School and a product of South Phoenix.

Mr. Trujillo also shared his passion for helping and inspiring students through his Be A Leader Foundation. He also expressed the importance of mentorship and how it dramatic affected his life.   We are very proud and honored to have him as a speaker.

On November 15th, 2008, AZ ILP was honored to have former majority and minority leader of the Arizona State House of Representatives Alfredo Gutierrez speak to our participants.

Mr. Gutierrez spoke for well over one hour and shared his political life through the years. We were honored by his presence and inspired by his commitment to his community. We can only hope to represent our state as well as he has. 

He currently is president of Tequida & Gutierrez, a Spanish-language image, issues, and advocacy firm in Phoenix.

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Members of the Arizona Ivy League Project meet on Saturday at Hope VI. The students selected all attended and participated in the planned activities. Attached is the Keynote presentation that was used. 

Reflections of Ivy League Project

This year the Ivy League Project sent us a number of applicants for admission. The students whom the project sponsored were Mexican-American from communities that rarely have sent applications to Yale. It is not only an established mission of our admissions process to attempt to attract applicants who are traditionally under-represented in the Yale community, but it is also a joy to find such motivated and qualified applicants inspired by a program such as the one created by Martin Mares. This year three Ivy League Students were accepted to Yale. The program serves a tremendously valuable function for us: preparing students for the rigors of both our application process and our academic community. Without a program such as this one, I imagine fewer such students would have the opportunity to study at Yale. I hope the Ivy League Project continues to receive support from the communities it serves and from all who take an active interest in seeing students from disadvantaged backgrounds given the opportunities they deserve.

Peter J. Smith

Former Assistant Director of Admission

Yale University

Presentation

Hope VI presentation by Mr. Martin Mares was a success! Mr. Mares provided students and parents information about our program and also gave applications to interested students. We are so excited we had the opportunity for him to come and speak to the community. 

Mr. Mares also mentioned that he will also be in Phoenix on December 27th, 2008 to present the 10 steps to an effective Ivy League application.  

Hope 6 in Phoenix, Arizona

Hope 6 will be hosting our 1st  meeting on September 13th, 2008 at 9am. In attendance will be Martin Mares, President of ILP, who will officially open our Arizona chapter.