Oportunidades Rumbo A La Educación (ORALE)

ORALE encourages Chicanx & Latine high school seniors to continue onto higher education and empowers them through knowledge and community.

This program is specific to high school seniors that have been admitted to UCSC. ORALE is one of the SIO programs that initiated due to the lack of outreach to our communities as well as under-representation of students of color in institutions of higher education.

Oportunidades Rumbo A La Educacion is presented by Movimiento Estudianti ChicanX de Aztlan (MEChA) in support of the ChicanX/Latine community at UC Santa Cruz. ORALE focuses on the ChicanX/Latine experience at UCSC while providing already admitted students with workshops about important aspects of college life such as student resources and financial aid. “X” at the end of the word of LatinX/ChicanX addresses gender neutrality.

ORALE Coordinator

Roberto Osorio

Fourth year, Literature (he/they)

As e²’s ORALE Coordinator, on behalf of MEChA, I am responsible for student initiated outreach to high school and community college students from under-resourced and underrepresented communities. Bridging the gap between our communities and higher education is central to working against structural inequalities and ensuring the retention of ethnic students in higher education. I enjoy creative activities such as playing mariachi music and writing poetry.

Connect with ORALE

✉️ E-mail: oralemecha@gmail.com