A Brownsville non-profit is bringing low income students to UTRGV.

Prospera Housing and Community Services will be bringing high school students who are residents of their housing program to a tour of the UTRGV Brownsville campus on Saturday, Sept. 9.

The non-profit offers affordable housing, programs and mentorship to low-income families.

Gael Cardona — a student at Texas Southmost College — said he has lived at Prospera since he was a child, and grew up using the resources available to him.

Cardona said the resident services department provides students a place to study, free school supplies and higher education resources.

“I used to do everything here growing up, and the opportunities I had for college really opened my eyes to see more of what I can,” Cardona said. 

The nonprofit has taken high school residents on college tours for the past nine years.