The Higher Opportunity Program for Education (HOPE) is a student-initiated project founded by UCLA’s Vietnamese Student Union (VSU) in 1999. HOPE is committed to outreaching to youths who face educational obstacles and exists to raise consciousness of and provide access to higher education through holistic empowerment. Under the support of the UCLA Community Programs Office (CPO) and the direction of VSU, HOPE strives to achieve its goals toward educational equity for all.