Dreams2Reality, a program 
for metro Detroit high school 
students 
sponsored 
by 
PILOT, concluded their year-
long program Monday with 
Dream Day, a day-long event 
in the University of Michigan 
School of Education.
PILOT 
is 
a 
student-
led 
organization 
with 
a 
goal to develop leadership 
skills 
and 
encourage 
campus 
engagement 
within 
underrepresented 
communities. 
LSA 
sophomore 
Una 
Jakupovic is a member of 
PILOT and co-led D2R this 
year. 
Jakupovic 
explained 
the premise of the program.
“PILOT is an organization 
founded with the mission 

to serve underrepresented 
communities and aid those 
students in their transition 
to college,” Jakupovic said. 
“PILOT’s 
programs 
focus 
on leadership development 
for 
students 
in 
these 
communities, 
and 
PILOT 
does this through various 
projects, 
which 
includes 
Dreams2Reality.”
D2R, 
a 
sub-committee 
of PILOT, consists of four 
workshops 
in 
Detroit 
throughout 
the 
year 
that 
discuss social justice-related 
topics 
with 
high 
school 
freshmen and sophomores.
Approximately 
25 
high 
school students participated 
in Dream Day this year. 
Throughout 
the 
day, 
the 
students went on a tour 
of the campus, conversed 
with University staff and 

faculty 
and 
talked 
to 
a 
panel of University students 
regarding their experiences 
on campus.
Jakupovic said the main 
goal of the program is to aid 
the students as they apply to 
college.

“We hope that this program 
inspires these students to 
pursue higher education and 
to know that despite being 
from underrepresented and 
marginalized communities, 
they do have a support 
system and resources at 
this University and other 
colleges as well to support 
them in their transition to 
college,” Jakupovic said.
D2R Project Coordinator 
Giovanna 
Bautista, 
LSA 
sophomore, said she became 
involved with PILOT after 
seeing 
the 
community 
it created. She said the 
program 
cultivates 
an 
environment for leadership 
development in which she 
feels comfortable.
“We hope to promote 
their 
post-secondary 
education, 
first 
of 
all,” 
Bautista 
said. 
“Though 
we know that college isn’t 
for 
everybody, 
and 
we 
don’t necessarily say, ‘Oh, 
go to college,’ it’s more 
broadening their options. 
For them to know that 
there is a community here 
for them especially — a 
lot of them seek a lot of 
support that they wouldn’t 
find otherwise in their high 

school. They literally would 
have 
never 
worked 
with 
anyone who is passionate 
about the things they are. 
Building a community for 
them that will help them 
broaden 
their 
options, 
whether it’s college or not.”
Zeinab Alghanem is a high 
school sophomore at Fordson 
High School in Dearborn. 
Through her participation 
in D2R and Dream Day, 
Alghanem said she now is 
considering 
applying 
to 
the University of Michigan 
and is interested in either 
philosophy, 
psychology 
or 
journalism. 
She 
said 
she 
plans to go to law school and 
continue to work in social 
justice.
“The 
most 
important 
(takeaway) 
was 
to 
be 
vulnerable and that there’s 
empowerment and strength 
in 
being 
vulnerable,” 
Alghanem said. “… This was 
a really great opportunity for 
us to network and have the 
opportunity of questioning 
ourselves 
and 
striving 
to 
know that we can do better.”
The event also discussed 
the 
Big 
House 
Program, 
an 
additional 
program 
sponsored by PILOT, aims 
to help high school seniors 
apply to college. Jakupovic 
said 
her 
participation 
in 
the 
Big 
House 
Program 
confirmed her decision to 
join PILOT upon arriving to 
the University.
“The Big House Program 
focuses on aiding students 
from 
underrepresented 
communities 
in 
the 
application 
process 
and 
the transition to college,” 
Jakupovic 
said. 
“… 
Upon 
going to the University, I 
wanted to give back to those 
same communities and help 
other students as I received 
that same help from PILOT 
during my senior year.”

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