The Graduate Mentoring Program (GMP), part of UCLA's Academic Advancement Program (AAP), is dedicated to ensuring that low-income and underrepresented first generation students achieve success during their undergraduate years and beyond. The goals of GMP are to provide resources and support to AAP students seeking to enter professional and/or graduate programs, and to create a legacy of excellence in post-baccalaureate work.

What We Do

GMP brings undergraduate students together with faculty, professionals, and current graduate students in an environment of support and empowerment. We counsel and assist students in the process of preparing for, selecting, and applying to graduate and professional programs.

Our multi-faceted system consists of one-on-one mentoring, faculty roundtable discussions, information sessions, and workshops. All of these are designed to supplement and direct the often difficult and confusing transition from undergraduate to graduate education.

We are intimately aware of the critical need for a more diverse graduate student and faculty population, not only at UCLA, but also on campuses nationwide. It's never too early or too late to start thinking about graduate school!

News

Congratulations to the many AAP students who participated in this year's Westwind Conference, which highlights undergraduate research in the humanities and social sciences. Our students gave stellar oral and poster presentations.

Indeed, a number of AAP Scholars won Dean's Prizes, including: Cui "Cheer" Cao, D'Juan Farmer, Alma Flores, April Ledbetter, Ginger McCartney, Ernesto Moreno, Rene Tiongquico and Pamela Walls.

Congratulations one and all!

La'Tonya Rease Miles, Ph.D.
McNair Research Scholars Program, Director
AAP Mentoring Programs, Director
1202 Campbell Hall

Antonio Moya demonstrates his desire to help others and contribute to social justice by utilizing his skills in science, music and interpersonal relations. As the head coordinator of the Student Stroke Team in the UCLA emergency room, he retrieves crucial medical data for incoming stroke victims. Experienced as a UCLA Jazz Ensemble member, he has used music as a form of therapy for the sick and elderly in hospitals and retirement homes. Antonio also volunteers with Pilipinos for Community Health, screening patients for high blood pressure outside Asian markets and at health fairs.

After graduation, Antonio will complete his U.S. Fulbright Fellowship in the Philippines in Manila with the primary goal of researching the emergence of acute stroke centers in Manila and the country as a whole. This is especially important since strokes are one of the leading causes of death in this developing country. He will study acute stroke interventional protocol as conducted in three major Manila hospitals: the University of Santo Tomas Hospital, University of the Philippines- Philippine General Hospital and Medical Center Manila. The goal of the study is to analyze how stroke centers can potentially be established throughout the country, not just in major metropolitan areas like Manila and Makati. A majority of stroke centers are currently located in Manila despite the fact that Manila only contains 13% of the country's total population. Following the Fulbright Fellowship, he will continue to work diligently to become a physician and researcher.