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title: "Insights: Voices from the Front Lines on Career Choice and Development of Underrepresented Minorities"
description: MLT Ascend is a college success and career readiness program in which MLT alumni volunteer to coach first-generation and low-income college students. The Ascend Impact Report documents program successes since its start in 2014.
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# Voices from the Front Lines on Career Choice and Development of Underrepresented Minorities

Part of MLT’s Perspectives series, Voices from the Front Lines on Career Choice and Development of Underrepresented Minorities describes how professional networks have influenced the career choice and development of MLT’s Rising Leaders through a qualitative approach with in-depth alumni interviews.

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