Hi, My name is Jazmin Gonzalez, most people know me as Jaz. I've been in the program all four years of high school. With that being said, I am proud to say that I made it to MY SENIOR YEAR! I was put in the program my freshman year due to my bad attendance, which reflected on my grades. Just like every other kid, I thought Mr. Medina was punishing me by putting me into YESS. After a couple of weeks of being in the program I started to feel it really grow on me and I started to enjoy attending after school.
     I wont lie and say the program made me become a straight A student and I never missed a class after my freshman Year. I still  had some ups and downs through my years. I would start ditching again and Mr. Medina and Dez would put me in check. They even had to call my dad in once or twice more. But what I would say is, being in the program taught me to be a student. It taught me that in life we will always hit these cross roads to either choose the right way in life or go down the wrong way. Living in the community that we do it's so easy to get pulled into a bad crowed. But what I learned in YESS is that we all have choices. We make the choices on what road to take. With that being said, That's the exact reason why I wanted to become a Mentor. To guide some of the students down the right path but not force them, because at the end of the day, it will always be their decision.

My name is Manuel Banuelos, I was placed in the program last year as a mentee. Mr. Medina caught me skipping classes, and I also had bad grades. As soon as I joined YESS my grades went up. The program helped me improve in school and I now am taking courses in CEC early college. I have been looked at by 3 colleges so far. I see how this  program helps plenty other Lincoln students to be successful in school. I am now a mentor for the program and have helped plenty of kids that use to be like me. One of my mentees is Luis I am glad I was able to have him go from failing grades to passing grades. He is now a player for the ALHS basketball team. GOOD JOB LUIS!