Trojans in training, in East Los Angeles

USC’s signature college access program, Neighborhood Academic Initiative expands its reach to the schools of East Los Angeles.
USC’s signature college access program, Neighborhood Academic Initiative expands its reach to the schools of East Los Angeles.
Graduation from the Neighborhood Academic Initiative represents a seven-year journey of perseverance.
The USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative will expand beyond South Los Angeles to include more than 100 sixth-graders near the university’s Health Sciences Campus in East Los Angeles.
Ninth-grade math students who are part of USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative toured the Solar Decathlon home under construction on the University Park campus.
It was less than a year ago when first-grader Sebastian Vega-Chacon was having behavioral issues that nearly led to his suspension at school.