During Feburary 2021, My friends and I started a club called Minority Collegiate Outreach and Support Team (MCOST). With the mission to promote the pursuit for higher education for underrepresented 9th – 12th grade high school students across the greater Columbus area, MCOST has partnered with East High School and intends to further its impact across more schools. While only being established for a year, MCOST currently has about 60 members and have put on a variety of seminars at East High including (but not limited to): the college application process, scholarship scavenger, College panel, vision board creating, and a physician guest speaker. Along with these seminars, MCOST also mentors all the students we work with and is dedicated to community service!
As Community Engagement Chair of MCOST and one of it’s founding members, I see the family that we created and our impact at East High, and I am filled with gratitude and pride. The environment that MCOST creates on campus and at the high school is one that is inviting and comforting. I am very thankful for East High for letting us work with their students and everyone who has come together to make MCOST what it is today.