Our Commitment to Equity
The Rao Orengo Foundation is dedicated to fostering educational excellence and community engagement. We believe that every student deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of their background. By providing support for enrichment programs, we empower promising middle and high school students the ability to pursue their passions and achieve academic success.
“My summer experience also gave me a kind of motivational renewal. An important part of high school and being a teenager is figuring out who you are, what your interests are, and who you want to be. [ . . . ] Now, I may not end up pursuing performance as a career, but making friends with people who will take on this life that many consider unstable and undesirable gave me the confidence that no matter what I decide to do, I can succeed in it."
Gabriel Gaucin
UT Musical Theater Program
Voices from our Scholars
Real stories of growth and empowerment from The Rao Orengo Foundation community.
“Through attending Arete (University of Dallas Summer Program), I learned new things and discovered how a truly diverse group of people can work together. All of these valuable lessons learned from the program have benefited me."
Isabel Sutter
University of Dallas Arete Summer Program
“My experience at Auburn University reaffirmed my desire to become an engineer... At this point in my life I feel that aerospace engineering will be the path I take, and Auburn has a great program... I experienced a very valuable lesson at Auburn that had nothing to do with engineering. One of my classmates was severely handicapped. I have never worked on a daily basis with someone who had disabilities. Jared not only taught me how to find the positive in life but how to turn every obstacle into a challenge.”
Ryan Falcona
Auburn University Ginn College of Engineering Program
