Amir Emamian has been involved with the Neighborhood Longhorns Program (NLP) for most of his life. As a third-grader at Winn Elementary School in Northeast Austin, he joined other students at his school by participating in reading challenges and visiting the University of Texas at Austin for special events. When… read more
NLP Paves the Way for College Readiness
In the fall of 2010 Melissa Alvarez was one of nearly 8,000 freshmen to arrive at The University of Texas at Austin. For Alvarez, as for many other Austinites, the path that led her to pursue higher education was one paved in part by the Neighborhood Longhorns Program (NLP), an… read more