BLCI is so excited to be part of San Diego Gives. This is the first annual day of giving for San Diego County, and 100% of all money raised will stay local to help the community we know and love. Be sure to save the date for September 9, 2021! We all know how important...

Our seniors celebrated their graduation with BLCI staff, mentors, family members and community supporters on Friday, June 18th! BLCI alumni shared words of encouragement, students received scholarship awards, and to close the ceremony, students gave flowers to their parents to honor the hardships that many parents have overcome for their child to graduate.

Emily Gonzalez, Class of 2021, will be attending the American University of Paris this fall – making her the first BLCI student to enroll in an international university. Watch her interview with CBS News 8 below!

On Thursday, May 13, 2021, Barrio Logan College Institute hosted its annual Opportunity For Impact fundraising event. Supporters gathered at their homes to tune into the live streamed event and support BLCI’s programs. Thank you for making it possible for us to prepare underserved students to be the first in their families to attend college...

Please mark your calendars to join Barrio Logan College Institute for #GivingTuesday on December 1, 2020!  Now more than ever, it is an opportunity to unite as a community and support underserved youth to go to college in safe ways that allow for social connection and kindness. According to research Low educational attainment is associated with poverty, crime, low civic engagement and poor health...

Thanks to a generous donation by Liberty Call Distilling , our students received delicious, healthy lunches this past month. 250 meals were distributed to our students as they picked up supplies and personal protection equipment from our Barrio Logan site. We are very grateful to Liberty Call Distilling Company, whose generous donation was very well...

“Building on 100 percent” This past August we were featured in Giving Back Magazine discussing the future of BLCI! Read more here: https://gbsan.com/san-diego-society/blci-building-on-100-percent/

San Diego City College and Barrio Logan TRiO Upward Bound partnered to hold a rigorous six week program focused on students completing Community College courses and BLCI Alumni and high school seniors served as mentors to 10th and 11th grade students! Key program topics were Public Speaking & Communications, and Leadership Seminars, led by the...

Family Strengthening is key to the success of BLCI, and this Summer, thanks to Outdoor Adventures, some of our Families got to experience Paddling for the first time.  Families received safe and valuable training on how to manage and enjoy an amazing water experience.

Congrats to our Alumni, Stephanie Hernandez who is now working at City Heights CDC as the Transportation & Planning Program Coordinator.  Here is the announcement on her new position: https://www.cityheightscdc.org/stories/meet-our-newest-team-member-stephanie