Founded in 1909, SMU offers a premier health care education devoted to immersive learning, serving the community, and transforming the field through diversity and inclusion. The university offers degrees in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and podiatric medicine.

Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. Benefitting from its San Francisco Bay Area location, the college prepares students for lifelong creative work by cultivating innovation, community engagement, and social and environmental responsibility. CCA offers a rich curriculum of 22 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs in art, design, architecture, and writing taught by a faculty of expert practitioners. Attracting promising students from across the nation and around the world, CCA is one of the 10 most diverse colleges in the U.S. Graduates are highly sought-after by companies such as Pixar/Disney, Apple, Intel, Facebook, Gensler, Google, IDEO, Autodesk, Mattel, and Nike, and many have launched their own successful businesses. Alumni and faculty are often recognized with the highest honors in their fields, including Academy Awards, AIGA Medals, Fulbright Scholarships, Guggenheim Fellowships, MacArthur Fellowships, National Medal of Arts, and the Rome Prize, among others. CCA is creating a new, expanded college campus at its current site in San Francisco, spearheaded by the architectural firm Studio Gang. The new campus design, scheduled to open in the fall of 2024, will be a model of sustainable construction and practice; will unite the college’s programs in art, crafts, design, architecture, and writing in one location to create new adjacencies and interactions; and will provide more student housing than ever before.

Founded in 1901, Golden Gate University, a private nonprofit university based in the heart of San Francisco's financial and high-tech district, empowers students to achieve their professional and educational goals. GGU offers working adults and nontraditional students access to more than 60 degree programs. Our nationally renowned undergraduate and graduate degrees and career-advancing professional certificates are practical and skills-based to meet the demands of today’s employers. Our scholar-practitioners have decades of professional experience from Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and Fortune 500 companies. With a primary campus in San Francisco, GGU also has teaching locations in Silicon Valley and Seattle. GGU has been a leader in online education for nearly three decades, and our programs offer maximum flexibility for modern students. GGU graduates join a vibrant and loyal alumni network of 70,000 proud graduates. Golden Gate University prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high-quality, practice-based educational programs in an innovative and challenging learning environment that embraces professional ethics and diversity.

Established in 1942, GDB is the largest Guide Dog school in North America and continues its dedication to quality student training services and extensive follow-up support for graduates. Our programs are made possible through the teamwork of staff, volunteers and generous donors. GDB receives no government funds. Services are provided to students from the United States and Canada at no cost to them. GDB is headquartered in San Rafael, California, with a second campus in Boring, Oregon. More than 12,500 teams have graduated from our program, and there are approximately 2,200 active teams in the field currently. VISION STATEMENT: Guide Dogs for the Blind envisions a world with greater inclusion, opportunity and independence by optimizing the unique capabilities of people and dogs. MISSION STATEMENT: Guide Dogs for the Blind empowers lives through exceptional partnerships between people, dogs and communities.

OUR SCHOOL We are innovators and leaders in Chinese-American K-12 education. Driven by our devotion to our students, our school aims to nurture a strong sense of commitment and dedication that empowers them to achieve their dreams. We realize that in an ever-changing world, a vast perspective is required to be successful. As such, we apply modern and traditional techniques, combined with knowledge from both the West and the East. This facilitates the appreciation of varied cultures and is instrumental in shaping a truly global mindset. Led by a team that has dedicated itself to educating young minds, our expert educators are committed to the overall development of our students. We focus not only on academics but also on their individuality, creative pursuits, and health. Our enriched curricula expand our student’s knowledge and provide them with a plethora of opportunities for personal development. Happiness and overall wellbeing is the key to a passion for learning. Our blend of American-Chinese education encompasses local education requirements and the United States core curriculum. This combination not only drives a global mindset but also fully prepares our students for higher education at universities both locally and abroad in English-speaking countries such as the United States. Please feel free to contact us should you are interested in our school Email address:[email protected]

Launched in 2015, MasterClass is the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world's best. With an annual membership, subscribers get unlimited access to instructors and classes across a wide range of subjects including Arts & Entertainment, Business, Design & Style, Sports & Gaming, Writing and more. Step into Anna Wintour’s office, Ron Finley’s garden and Neil Gaiman’s writing retreat. Get inspired by RuPaul, perfect your pitch with Shonda Rhimes, and discover your inner negotiator with Chris Voss. Each class features about 20 video lessons, at an average of 10 minutes per lesson. You can learn on your own terms — in bite-sized pieces or binge it all at once. Cinematic visuals and close-up, hands-on demonstrations make you feel one-on-one with the instructors, while the downloadable workbooks help reinforce your learning. With MasterClass, you can stream thousands of lessons anywhere, anytime, on mobile, desktop and TV.

Sonoma Academy is a dynamic coed, college preparatory high school providing a premier education to over 250 motivated learners from Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake Counties. Sonoma Academy has a highly personalized academic environment, with an average class size of 12, one teacher for every ten students, and one advisor for every eight students.Our 34-acre campus is surrounded by over 1,000 acres of protected open space. Along with a rigorous curriculum, SA’s program offers opportunities to pursue arts, athletics, community service, international travel/study, environmental leadership, and digital arts.

At Playworks we believe in the power of play to bring out the best in every kid. We are changing school climate by leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school every day. We create a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. We partner with schools, districts, and after-school programs to provide a service or mix of services including on-site coaches, professional training for school staff who support recess, and consultative partnerships. Playworks’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.​ Today, Playworks is the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s social and emotional health. Playworks currently serves more than 1,200 schools across the United States and reaches more than 700,000 students directly and through professional training services. http://2020.playworks.org/#play-movement

Our mission at Caliber Public Schools is to shift the experiences, expectations, and outcomes for students in historically oppressed communities. We provide students with a challenging and engaging education that equips them with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in college, career, and community.  Caliber’s four graduate pillars--Heart, Smart, Think, Act--guide our work. Caliber graduates will be academically college ready; have emotional intelligence or ‘EQ’; be critical thinkers, and have the skills and desire to be changemakers in their communities and the world. We are a community-based organization and celebrate the diversity of the communities we serve. Our parents are active partners; frequently engaging through school events, restorative practices, and academic support.

Aim High was founded on the belief that every student has the right to a quality education. In 1986, we launched at one site in San Francisco with just 50 students. Over the last 37 years, we’ve expanded across the Bay Area in every direction, as far as Napa and Tahoe-Truckee. Along the way, our transformative summer enrichment program has empowered thousands of middle schoolers from low-income neighborhoods, igniting their love of learning and yielding real results — 98% of Aim High alumni graduate high school and go on to college.

Learn. To Change. Cloud Academy is now QA, one of the world's largest tech training companies. Stay connected by following @QA Ltd and @QA North America. At QA, we believe the future belongs to organizations that are able to learn, master, and apply skills at pace and at scale. Our programs connect learning across silos ensuring continuity and fostering collaboration. Tech and digital teams learn to change with the latest industry skills via hands on labs, multimodal training, and certification prep. To learn more, visit qa.com

Aspect Foundation was founded in 1985 as a small non-profit organization offering affordable study-abroad opportunities to students from around the world. We continue our mission today by providing a variety of outstanding educational and cultural exchange programs both in the United States and countries abroad. Students, host families and coordinators alike have the opportunity to make lasting connections and meaningfully experience new cultures, traditions, and points of view. People are the heart of Aspect Foundation. We believe that cultural exchange at its core is a relationship between people, bringing us closer to the world and each other in personal, transformative ways. We provide exchange experiences that offer unique global perspectives and encourage the confidence to make a difference in our interconnected world. Aspect Foundation is designated by the U.S. Department of State as an exchange program and has a full listing under the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel. The Exchange Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities was pioneered by Aspect Foundation to provide safe, enriching exchange experiences for all exchange students. Our staff members have been exchange students, world travelers, and host families themselves. We bring a personal dedication to our work and understand what it is like to experience brand new cultures while sharing your own.