About Us
ACE is a FREE afterschool program led by volunteer professionals working in the design and construction industry.
About ACE San Diego: In 2003, a group of local architects, engineers and general contractors founded 
ACE Mentor San Diego. We are excited to begin our fifteenth year in the program which has graduated and funded hundreds of high school students to pursue their degrees and enter the local workforce. The ACE Mentor program gives high school students an inside look at the wealth of career opportunities available to them in the building and design industries.
In our first year, volunteer mentors from many industry and university partners recruited and guided three teams of students. In our fifteenth year, mentors from more than 93 companies are working with eleven student teams. In addition, the NewSchool of Architecture and Design has made a significant commitment to ACE by offering full scholarships on a competitive basis for their five-year undergraduate Architecture and Construction Management programs.
For our 2018-2019 school year we had:
11 Schools
205 Students
113 Mentors
18 Board Members
93 Sponsoring Organizations
$105,000 in Scholarships awarded
We currently have programs in 12 San Diego High Schools:
