NPR – Owen Phillips
“Every year, more than 2 million students who would qualify for federal Pell Grants fail to fill out the form that determines eligibility — the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. But not one of those 2 million students goes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory School in Chicago. That’s because Alana Mbanza, the school’s college and career coach, won’t rest until all of her seniors complete the famously complicated and lengthy form, commonly known as the FAFSA. Most days you can find Mbanza, laptop under her arm, roaming the hallways. She’s looking for students who haven’t submitted their FAFSA. She can help them complete it on the spot.”(more)