In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Access ASU is promoting its Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program, an early outreach program that seeks to pave the way for junior high and high school students who identify as first-generation college students and aspire to attend ASU.

Students who apply and are accepted to the HMDP begin the program in 8th grade and continue until high school graduation, an email explained. 

Access ASU is actively recruiting more HMDP students, and anyone is welcome to apply.

The selected students and their families are prepared for university entrance by attending classes on financial literacy, leadership skills and social/emotional well-being. All course materials are offered free of charge.

HMDP was originally designed to serve Hispanic mothers and their daughters and although the program has retained this name, neither gender nor ethnicity will be a consideration as participants are chosen for the program. 

The HMDP helps to prepare students for college by providing resources for families throughout middle and high school, and tools throughout their college careers.

Lack of preparation for college, lack of available resources in high school and a sense of not belonging in higher education are barriers many Arizonans face on their path to degree attainment, according to an email.

Since the inception of the program in 1984 more than 2,357 parent-student teams have been served.

For information and to apply to the program, students should visit https://eoss.asu.edu/hmdp.