Today we’d like to introduce you to Jasmine Robinson. They and their team shared their story with us below:
Jasmine Robinson started the Collegiate Mom Coalition in 2010 while attending Prairie View A&M University as an undergraduate student. She saw a need for an organization to support young moms when she became a teen mom in 2008 at 19 and again at 21. Statistically, less than 2% of teen moms graduate college by 22. She beat those odds when she graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2012 and received her Master of Community Development in 2013. Her mission is to continue to help young moms to achieve this themselves.
Originally from Houston, TX, Jasmine Robinson now resides in Rosharon Tx with her 2 daughters, Kenadie, 14, Kimora, 12, and her Maltese, Prince. She has previously served as a committee member of Bossbabes ATX (Future Front Texas), a non-profit organization that hosts event series, showcases, strategic collaborations, and professional development programs that provide a platform of visibility, outreach, and financial opportunity to 1500+ emerging women and nonbinary creatives, entrepreneurs and organizers per year. She was also the 2018 scholarship recipient from State of the Uterus, where her organization, Collegiate Mom Coalition, was awarded $1,700.
Jasmine was also selected as one out of 245 applicants for a 2 year “Movement Mujeres” fellowship program under Deeds, not words and the Jolt initiative started by former Texas Senator Wendy Davis and Jolt Executive director Cristina Tzintzun that serves as a platform for 25 women of color across the state of Texas to change the landscape of Texas Legislature. She is a proud alumnus of the program and plans to continue her efforts to make underserved groups of people visible.
You wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been fairly smooth?
Anytime you have children at a young age without financial support, adequate education, or access to resources, it will always come with obstacles and challenges. The amazing thing about perseverance and not giving up is that you will eventually overcome as long as you get up every time after you fail at something. Although my story is not unique, I and many others have been able to get to the other side of what many believed would be insurmountable obstacles.
Thanks – so, what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Collegiate Mom Coalition is a grassroots non-profit organization currently based in Pearland, TX that serves as a source of excellence for moms pursuing their undergraduate degree by providing scholarships, programs that enhance their education, workshops to fine-tune professional skills, access to resources that encourage economic growth and platforms that build social involvement. We are advocates for a family-friendly university that cultivates tangible success for women in college with children. We are the only non-profit organization that hosts a scholarship pageant specifically for College Moms, with a 100% graduation success rate of its participants.
Let’s end by discussing what matters most to you and why.
What matters most to me is reaching back to help my community and providing a ‘safe place’ for moms to receive their degrees. This work breaks generational curses and barriers. Without programs like the Collegiate Mom Coalition, the children of uneducated parents statistically have a higher chance of not graduating and ultimately living below the poverty line.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.collegiatemomcoalition.org/
- Instagram: @collegiatemoms
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collegiatemoms
