Want to share your story?

Are you a COMPACT alumn? We would love to hear your story & celebrate all that you have accomplished! By submitting your story, you can help inspire the next generation of students.

Directions: Please include either a video or picture for us to share on our page & social media in the upload field.

For video submissions: please help paint a picture for us by including the following:

1. Your first & last name.

2. Any key details you’d like to share;

   Don't know what to say? These are some things that can help others in similar situations connect with your story: I went to school in OGHS......I was a making bad decisions... my family struggled to stay housed...  I am a first generation high school student....I was hanging around the wrong crowds.....I didn't have any work experience.....I didn't know what I was going to do in life....I was struggling in school....I didn't have a lot of people in my life that believed in me....

3. The year/years you participated in any COMPACT programs;

   Don't know what to say?  I started getting involved with COMPACT in 2007 until 2009 when I graduated.

4. Names of the program(s) you were in;

   Don't know what to say?  During that time I got involved with Helping Hands, and Youth Court, and COMPACT helped me get my fist internship, DFC youth ledership, CX3, EscoYo!, Resident Leadership Academy, Summer Youth Work Force, Project Hero Mentoring...

5. How COMPACT fits into your story;

   Don't know what to say? COMPACT helped give me leadership skills, it helped me understand my love of law and advocacy, it helped me get my first job, it helped me be confident in myself, it gave me people that would care and listen to me. It helped expose me to arts, and sports.

6. Where you are now;

   Don't know what to say? Now I am employed in the ______ field. Now I have graduated and am in college pursuing a degree in. Now I am the first person in my family to graduate. Now we have been able to move into our new home.

For photo submissions: If you chose to send a photo, help us by please including answers to the same prompts in the message box below and our media specialist will create a post for your.

If you wish to be anonymous or just give a quote, you can use the message box to do so. 

We can’t wait to hear your story and see how others are inspired by it! 🫶🏽