Our Mission is to assist at-risk youth to succeed in school and to reach a future in higher education by attaining life-changing results through the acquisition of improved life and study skills, academic excellence and character development. Read more

Congratulations to PFD Alumni who are college-bound, attending college, or have graduated college. Read more

PFD students are catalysts for change and triumph in a world often beset by limitations and roadblocks. They learn how to apply their minds in conquering even the world's most compromising weaknesses and vice. Read more

Sean Washington established Preparing for a Degree (PFD) in 1996. By raising students’ expectations and self-esteem, he has brought the benefits of a college education within the grasp of hundreds of young people.
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The only thing between the PFD student and a college degree is...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Actual results speak for themselves. Read more