LGBTQIA+ Academic Success & Equity Program

Our LGBTQIA+ Academic Success & Equity (ASE) Program is designed to guide LGBTQIA+ students and allies to reach their academic goals & embrace their identity as they build community at MiraCosta College.

Academic Counseling Support

LGBTQIA+ ASE students receive guidance from counselors to reach their academic goals in an affirming way with:

Academic, Career, & Personal Counseling
On-and-Off campus academic and identity-based resources
Opportunity to participate in LGBTQIA+ centralized school events, activities, & workshops
Leadership Opportunities
& much more!

Community Building

As a cohort, students take a counseling class that prepares them to succeed academically, enhance lifelong learning, and identify support services on- and off-campus. In addition to enrolling in a counseling class, students also enroll in a general education class with professors who identify as a part of or are allied with the LGBTQIA+ Community.

In collaboration with LGBTQIA+ Equity, there are many opportunities to build community, such as:

Prism Collective
Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Club
Lavender Welcome & Celebration
Rainbow Stoles
& much more!

Professional Development

LGBTQIA+ ASE is one of the Academic Success & Equity (ASE) programs. ASE programs offer professional development workshops and promote a career and life planning course open to all ASE students. These curricular and co-curricular offerings promote and help students make effective decisions regarding their career and life choices, increasing their employability.

Fall 2022 Counseling 100 College and Career Success Course Info:

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

This class will centralize the LGBTQIA+ experience in higher education and cover topics related to academic, career, and success strategies, & much more!
Acceptable for Transfer Credit: CSU & UC

Please contact Cyndy Garcia at cgarcia@miracosta.edu for more information.

If you are interested in joining, or getting more information about the LGBTQIA+ ASE Program, please complete the intake form below.