We are Boys Hope Girls Hope of Southern California
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Southern California helps motivated high school students rise above disadvantaged backgrounds. Our goal is to graduate young people who are physically, emotionally, and academically prepared for post-secondary education and productive life, breaking barriers so they can become community-minded leaders.
Boys Hope Girls Hope firmly believes that young people have the power to overcome adversity, realize their potential, and help transform our world. They create these successes when we remove obstacles, support and believe in them, and provide environments and opportunities that build on their strengths.
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Southern California is a proud member of the Boys Hope Girls Hope Network. Our Network Headquarters, located in St. Louis, Missouri, connects, provides leadership to, and offers signature college-preparatory programming to affiliates across the nation, Mexico, and Guatemala. Each affiliate is independently incorporated, governed by its own board of directors, and responsible for its own fundraising. Affiliation and services agreements link the Network to ensure mission and brand fidelity, quality operations, maximum functional capacity, and consistency in training, programmatic standards, and best practices.
OUR MISSION
To nurture and guide motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others.
OUR DNA
These are the fundamental and distinctive characteristics of our organization.
Academic Focus
We believe in the transformative power of education to develop lifelong learners.
Service and Community Engagement
We believe in the Jesuit-inspired, values-centered hallmark of building “persons for others.”
Family-like Settings to Create a Sense of Belonging
We believe youth derive their energy and sustenance from exposure to nurturing environments.
Long-Term and Comprehensive Commitment
We believe an enduring relationship with youth holds the most promise for attaining positive outcomes.
Faith-Based Values
We believe that a loving God cares about the life of every individual and we manifest this belief.
Voluntary Participant Commitment
We believe in the motivational power of self-selection into the Boys Hope Girls Hope program.
LOCAL IMPACT
Since 1991, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Southern California has been helping scholars rise up from disadvantaged backgrounds and strive for more. BHGH of Southern California serves youth who want to attend college and create successful futures for themselves. Our scholars have joined our program to receive support on their journey to college and beyond. They seek the academic resources, extracurricular opportunities, and mentor relationships we provide.
See how Boys Hope Girls Hope is prioritizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
HISTORY
Boys Hope Girls Hope was founded in 1977. Fr. Paul Sheridan, SJ and the first Board of Directors welcomed the innagural class of scholars into the new organization known as “The Jesuit Program for Living and Learning,” then. The program began in St. Louis, and has now spread to other locations, plus ours! See how Southern California has been changing lives over the decades.
1991
Opened our first boys’ home in Rancho Santa Margarita.
1996
The first girls’ home opens in Fullerton and we became Boys Hope Girls Hope.
2017
Boys Hope Girls Hope celebrates its 40th anniversary!
2023
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Southern California has pre-collegian scholars, collegian scholars, and residential scholars. We are one of 14 affiliates in the United States. Our Alumni have become productive and contributing members of our community and give back to our scholars as men and women “for others”
LEADERSHIP
The Boys Hope Girls Hope of Southern California Board of Directors and staff leadership collaborate to ensure mission fidelity, financial stewardship and transparency. This team of professionals is committed to continuous learning, effective programming and improvement through impact evaluation and innovation.
Quinn Tran
Executive Director
Jasmine Ibarra
Program Director
Loretta Moody
Donor Relations Specialist
Nathalie Vazquez
Community Relations Specialist
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Doug McCaulley
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