Hello Jennifer,

With your support, Bright Futures students make life-changing goals a reality.

As 29 PCHS students take the first steps of their journey toward college graduation, a familiar face returns to Park City to strengthen the Dream Big and Bright Futures partnership - and create an even more powerful resource for our first-generation students.

☀️ Summer Learning: First Step ☀️

for Park City's First-Gen Students

“The effort we put into coming to the United States was worth it - because we got the chance to see our daughter receive her diploma.”

-Rosy Padilla & Isidro Carreto

Bright Futures Park City Parents

As a PCHS student, Lindsay Carreto participated in both Dream Big and Bright Futures.

She graduated from USU last spring and landed a job that brings her full circle... As BF's High School Program Coordinator, she now works with two of the programs that supported her launch!

Lindsay's story is the why behind Bright Futures: 

A cycle of opportunity and support to positively impact first-gen students - and the Park City community - for generations to come. 

This summer, 29 PCHS 10th graders began their own journeys.

Most worked through four weeks of Dream Big curriculum, and all completed Bright Futures' Summer Academy, a 3-day event that deepens college knowledge and bonds students into peer groups to see them all the way through college graduation.

As the number of Bright Futures students grows, your transformative contributions ensure the cycle of support, success, and impact can continue.

Haga clic aquí para leer las historias en español.

What is PCEF's

Bright Futures Program?

Bright Futures changes lives by supporting motivated first-generation students as they work to get to and through college.

The PCEF Bright Futures program walks alongside these first-gen students as they make their college graduation dreams a reality. 

Right now, there are nearly 150 Bright Futures students – 65 in college - and they boast a 90% progression rate.

Nationwide - just 11% of first-gen college students battling economic barriers make it to the college graduation finish line.

8 members of the first & second cohorts of Bright Futures are brand-new college graduates!

Your generosity is an investment into our future: it changes students' lives and economic outcomes for generations to come.

First Generation Task Force at PCHS

Through Bright Futures, and the counselors, teachers and programming at PCHS, a full spectrum of support is provided for students who are the first in their families to go to college. 

Dream Big is an award winning year-round PCHS curriculum preparing these students for the academic rigor of AP classes and the ACT.

The Latinos in Action classes from 6th-12th grade teach leadership and community service skills, focusing on the strength of students' bilingual capabilities and multicultural experiences.