Volunteer spotlight
The Silicon Valley engineer who found his calling tutoring
A Silicon Valley engineer found his real calling tutoring kids in East Palo Alto. "Just show up. Bring all of yourself."
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Our Stories
The work, in the words of the people living it.
Numbers tell you the scale. Stories tell you what it feels like. Here are the students, alumni, and volunteers who make Hope Horizon what it is.
Featured story
The Churrobots are going to Worlds.
East Palo Alto's robotics team won a regional, then raised $40,000 from the community in under a month to compete in Houston.
Student story
Chosen for a purpose
What our middle school retreat revealed about identity, and why so many of our students struggle to receive a compliment.
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Alumni
Graduates giving back
A graduate who started here in a high school coding club came back with a computer science degree to coach the next generation.
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Volunteer spotlight
From grants to growth
How one volunteer turned a knack for grant writing into lasting capacity for the students we serve.
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Student story
Meet a 2025 scholar
A featured profile of a graduating senior and where they're headed.
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The full archive
58 stories and counting.
From robotics wins to graduation days, our blog keeps the receipts on four decades of this work.
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Where our graduates are now.
Open Door scholars are in college across the country. The best part is how many come back, to coach robotics, tutor a reader, and mentor the students right behind them. The work compounds.
Open Door ScholarUniversity of Michigan
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Open Door ScholarCSU Sacramento
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