LAPD Officer Kia Phillips, mentor to Alana in the 5th grade, has been a consistently supportive figure in her mentee's life ever since she signed on to mentor with Operation Progress. The two first bonded over their love of sports, which Phillips played in college. This...
Andrew is an 8th grade Operation Progress Scholar and has been apart of OP for 6 years. Andrew has maintained a 3.0 GPA this year and currently has 100% programming attendance in the My Own Business Institute program. His favorite subject is math and he wants...
This past Saturday, a few OP Scholars and mentors went to the Clippers SciFest, a Southern California science and engineering festival at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The goal of the Clippers SciFest SoCal is to inspire a new generation of STEM professionals in the...
U.S. Representative for California's 44th congressional district Nanette Diaz Barragán stopped by the Operation Progress offices to speak with our Scholars, staff, and mentors. It was a great opportunity for our Scholars to share their stories with their representative and for them to ask her...