Team

Jaden De La Cruz (they/she/siya) serves as a College Affordability Advisor, supporting seniors in their high schools towards their postsecondary pathways. She has experience working with youth from freshman year in high school to freshman year in college, leading and facilitating workshops, one-on-one mentorship, developing lesson plans, guiding students through college and financial aid applications, and building community. She strives to be a trusted, dependable advisor and to make her students feel safe, seen, and supported. They are a proud 2nd-generation Filipino-American, born and raised in San Francisco. I chose to work with uAspire as an advisor because I strongly believe that non-profit work is a necessary endeavor, especially in our current times. From firsthand experience, I’ve seen that advisors, educators, social workers, community organizers, and all of us who work towards supporting our most vulnerable communities are vital in the fight for an equitable future for all. While our current systems of oppression cannot fully be dismantled in a day or even a decade, I think that what we do at uAspire can make a real impact in disrupting systems of inequality and creating positive change.