Success TRiO, UOP's federally funded student educational opportunity program, says this money will change lives in Stockton.
Proeung-Sok, a native Stocktonian, will not only be the first in his family to graduate and get a degree, but also the first to be a university student. "I'm very proud to be first-generation. I'm first-generation Cambodian-American," Proeung-Sok said. "I come from a family of eight. I'm the first in my family to attend college."
"They're coming from low-income backgrounds, such as myself," Proeung-Sok said. "For us to be awarded that $1.7 million grant, that's going to support so many more students who think they don't have that ... financial support to even attend college."
"It's been really tough, but we had a contingency plan for a couple months now just in case the TRiO grant didn't get refunded for the next five years," said Rosie Montes with TRiO.
"They're providing for the household, they're paying for groceries. How do first-gen students continue their education while also providing for their family at home?" Montes said.
"I thought I wasn't going to be able to afford college. With the support I received from UOP and the Success TRiO program, it's a possibility for anyone, to be honest," Proeung-Sok said.
Sounie says this program has helped him so much, he switched his major to sociology and now plans to help more first-generation students make it through college, just like TRiO helped him.
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