ECCO Community Center

ECCO is a New Orleans based 501c3 organization. It believes that access to higher education should be accessible to all regardless of income, culture, language and immigration status. We provide educational guidance to immigrant and first-generation parents and students on financial, admission, and scholarship application processes for higher educational pathways.

In the past 5 years we have give $20,000 to in scholarship.
Though our college access program we have help 1,000 families with our program road to college.
This 2025-2026 our goal is to support 300 families and student through our program.

Testimonials

"I'm very honored to be one of the first recipients of the IYEF Scholarship [...] although some people might say that a thousand dollars is nothing, I believe that I speak for all of us undocumented students when I say that every dollar counts and that it is a big help. I'm very [grateful] for all the IYEF organizers and the people who contributed to make a dream come true. I am studying for nursing and was attending Nicholls State University but at the beginning of the year my mother was diagnosed with cancer, so by her being my only provider, everything has changed... So once again thank you very much for helping me and my family make my dream come true. Thank you."
-G.A.,