ALAS trains and mentors low-income, first-generation high school students in Phoenix, Glendale, and Avondale to be socially conscious, community stewards through their actions in college, career, and life. ALAS exposes students to experts in college readiness and ensures students develop important leadership and transferable skills to restore and represent their community for years to come. The mission of ALAS is to prepare first-generation students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be successful lifelong learners, and create a generation of community leaders with the education, values, and experiences to make a more inclusive and equitable community. The vision of ALAS is to develop college students who are socially conscious of the systemic problems that shape their lives.These emerging leaders will take up positions in their own fields and create systemic change.