The Puente Challenge is to be a successful student by learning about yourself, your priorities and goals, and learning how to develop critical thinking and reading skills so you can express your ideas. Meeting this challenge will allow students to fulfill the mission of the Puente Project.
Over 5,500 students have enrolled in the Puente community college program.
Over 2,000 professionals donate over 18,000 hours annually to Puente students.
An estimated 200,000 non-Puente students have benefited from Puente’s staff development programs.
Community colleges with Puente programs transfer 44 percent more Latino students to the University of California than colleges without Puente.