Building Greatness: Businessman Creates Program Putting Students On Path To Success

Arlington TX

28 October, 2021

8:16 PM

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By Kristen Barton, Fort Worth Report October 28, 2021 As a first-generation college student, EJ Carrion knows the difficulties of navigating the school system and college application process. Those experiences led him to create a company that individualizes school counseling in an effort to fight inequity in schools, and he's doing it from Fort Worth. His company, Student Success Agency, pairs students across the nation with agents who serve as mentors and counselors for the student online. The company partners with 500 schools across 18 states. The schools pay $100 per student per year for the services for schoolwide programs. Growing up, Carrion was in a single-parent household and moved a lot. He said he was "such an average kid" who did not graduate in the top 25% of his class. "I didn't take an (Advanced Placement), (International Baccalaureate), dual credit class, I didn't do any of that," Carrion said. "But I had an amazing mom whose goal was to get a kid to college, and I was the oldest." To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.