Nicole Dmitrejtschuk was not looking for someone to hand her a future. She was looking for a door. At seventeen, sitting in a senior-year class at Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland, the Venezuelan-born, first-generation college student already understood something most teenagers don’t: In this country, getting to college and paying for college are two […]

Figuring out what you want to do after high school is a lot of pressure. Everyone’s asking, and if your honest answer is “I don’t know yet,” that’s fine. But wouldn’t it feel good to start narrowing down your options? Dallas County Promise can help. We just launched a new tool called QuickPath to Work, […]

Kaylah read the Dallas County Promise scholarship requirements in high school and immediately assumed she didn’t qualify. She had done something most students hadn’t: she earned her associate’s degree while still in high school. That was the problem—or so she thought. “I thought I was ineligible because I thought you had to graduate high school […]

Graduating from high school is a major accomplishment and can often feel like the end of a long academic journey. However, high school graduation is only the first step of your transition to college enrollment. The summer following graduation is a critical time to prepare yourself for fall classes. Even if you feel done with […]

Dallas County Promise became her “golden ticket” to a post-secondary education. Now she’s in her dream job as a veterinary assistant thanks to her degrees from Dallas College and UNT Dallas. Diana Lopez will be the first to tell you that working with animals is really about working with people. Lucky for her and for […]

Landing on a plan for life after high school can feel like being handed a 5,000-piece puzzle without the picture on the box. It’s stressful, sure, but waiting until the last minute is a great way to end up with a “plan” you actually hate. If you start looking at your options now, you have […]