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Focus One College Focus One Executive Director Bio: Yolanda Wright is the Executive Director and Founder of Focus One College.

Yolanda Wright is the Director of Focus One College whose mission is to provide students with the necessary educational and scholarship support to increase competitiveness in the college application process. 100% of her clients are admitted into college. She equips students with the necessary educational and psychosocial support to increase competitiveness in the college admission and scholarship

application process. Her approach is a holistic one that includes diligent work on improving student’s educational, psychosocial, and self-­sufficiency outcomes. She started her career 20 years ago providing therapy and social work services in underserved communities. For the past decade, she has provided educational advocacy and services to special populations including underrepresented students. As the former Director of the First Star Bruin Guardian Scholars Academy at UCLA, she assisted foster youth with application, acceptance and entry into colleges. National statistics on foster youth report that only 50% graduate from high school and 3% graduate from college. Under Yolanda Wright's leadership, 90% of the foster youth students in her program graduated from high school and received college acceptances. Her program received the UCLA Community Program of the Year award in 2013. Yolanda Wright received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and Master of Arts Degree in Psychology from the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Contact Yolanda Wright directly if you would like for her to work with your student.

12/01/2025
Congratulation to my Focus One Client, Devin! He will be majoring in business at CSUN! Devin, I’m so proud of your focus...
08/30/2024

Congratulation to my Focus One Client, Devin! He will be majoring in business at CSUN! Devin, I’m so proud of your focus and determination! 🎓🙌🏽

This is such an exciting and rewarding time watching my Focus One College clients move into their college dorms. Congrat...
08/29/2024

This is such an exciting and rewarding time watching my Focus One College clients move into their college dorms. Congratulations to Ayo who has been accepted into the Honors Program at UC Santa Barbara! 🧑🏽‍🎓 And what a dorm view…WOW! 🤩

Congratulations to my Focus One Client, Xavier! He is attending Morehouse College as a business major and I couldn’t be ...
08/23/2024

Congratulations to my Focus One Client, Xavier! He is attending Morehouse College as a business major and I couldn’t be more proud. And congratulations to my long time friend, Yvette Crutchfield! Great job mom!

My Focus One College Client, Savannah, has started her studies at Howard University, and she’s destined to become a crit...
08/22/2024

My Focus One College Client, Savannah, has started her studies at Howard University, and she’s destined to become a critically acclaimed journalist. I’m so proud of her!

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