Providing Mentorship to Students and AmeriCorps Members with College Possible Milwaukee
In this episode of The S-Files, we are exploring the service done by AmeriCorps alumna Amanda Wysk, who served with College Possible Milwaukee for two years and has continued helping others as part of the program’s AmeriCorps Alumni Council, which helps to mentor those that are currently serving. Amanda first describes her two years serving with College Possible Milwaukee, beginning with her first term of service as a Senior Coach, helping low-income students at two high schools navigate the college application process. She then discusses her second term of service as a College Coach, where she provided in-person support to college students at UW-Milwaukee and remote support to college students throughout the Southeastern United States that had been served during high school by College Possible Milwaukee. Amanda then describes her efforts volunteering as part of the College Possible Milwaukee AmeriCorps Alumni Council, providing mentorship and additional support to the current AmeriCorps members serving Milwaukee students. Listen to learn the ways Amanda was impacted by her AmeriCorps service helping students striving to graduate from college and how she continues to serve those assisting these students.