MI CASA (Mentors Initiating Community Action, Support, and Advocacy) mentoring project at the University of North Carolina Wilmington is an innovative program designed to provide access to higher education to Hispanic/Latino high school students in North Carolina.

The goal of this two year program is to identify high achieving Hispanic students from local high schools who wish to further their education in universities like UNCW. During this college preparatory process, high school mentees and UNCW mentors foster a stronger sense of community.

MI CASA's mentoring project also involves UNCW faculty members, as well as graduate and undergraduate scholars. The program is designed to encourage the highest level of education for selected Hispanic high school sophomores who demonstrate promise, determination, discipline, and need. MI CASA serves as a comprehensive support program that provides mentoring, college preparation seminars, tutoring, community service, and cultural enrichment activities in order to help high school mentees become compelling candidates for college admission and scholarship awards.

MI CASA feature in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education: MI CASA Presentation

MI CASA VIDEO

MI CASA Mentoring Program Presents
Seahawk for a Day
Faculty and Staff Needed

WE NEED AMAZING FACULTY AND STAFF TO MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE!
Event Date: Friday, November 11, 2022 for classes and student resources offered between 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

If you teach on Fridays or if your center can facilitate an activity/presentation, we would deeply appreciate your willingness to have our MI CASA mentees audit your course or visit your center. To host one or more MI CASA mentees, please complete THIS FORM by Monday, October 26, 2022.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Our mentees look forward to the opportunity to participate in your class.

Questions: Angel Garcia, garciaab@uncw.edu

About Seahawk for a Day and MI CASA

Seahawk for a Day is an annual tradition where MI CASA High School students spend the day auditing UNCW classes and participating in activities offered by UNCW Centers and Offices. MI CASA is a mentorship program designed to identify high achieving Hispanic students from local high schools who wish to further their education in universities like UNCW. UNCW students volunteer as mentors for two years and guide mentees into becoming their best selves.

MI CASA (Mentors Initiating Community Action, Support, and Advocacy) Mentoring Program is a youth mentoring program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Centro Hispano. This two-year program is designed to prepare local Hispanic High School students for college admission through mentoring, college preparation seminars, tutoring, community service, college exposure, and cultural enrichment activities.

MI CASA Recruitment for Cohort 14 is now open!

Please check all the information below, MI CASA Application 2023 English and MI CASA Aplicación 2023 español. Please apply before the application closes on January 31, 2023.

For questions, reach out to Angel Garcia, garciaab@uncw.edu.

Welcome Cohort 13 to the MI CASA Family

Fall 2022 MI CASA Dates

Contact Information

	Angel Garcia, M.S. He/Him/His Assistant Director, Centro Hispano Director, MI CASA 910-962-2631 garciaab@uncw.edu
	Mark Bravo He/Him/His Progam Assistant MI CASA mbp6068@uncw.edu