Success Stories

Bruce Blonigen

I was born and raised in central Minnesota in a small town near St. Cloud.  My parents were young and relatively poor but worked very hard to support us.  My mom would take night-shift jobs so that she could take care of my sister and me during the day while my dad worked.  My dad was a diesel mechanic until he retired a couple years ago and my mom started off with lots of different jobs but has worked herself up to owning her own real estate company...

Meies Matz

Meies Matz spent most of her childhood in San Francisco, California, where her family owned a small house. “It was a big deal for them to own a house,” Matz says. “And it is. But the house is in Hunter’s Point, similar to Compton in L.A. Crime, prostitution, drugs—It’s a very, very, very bad neighborhood...”

Cassie DeFillipo

Since this past June, I have been working as the marketing intern for the College Goal Oregon event. When OSAC hired me, I was thrilled to have the chance to share with others a gift I had received years ago during my own college application process: The ability to receive financial aid and fund my future because of it...