🎓Join College Jumpstart's Charnikia Pinesett as she walks you through filling out the FAFSA. After a general overview of the college financial aid process, Charnikia will provide hands-on assistance while you complete the form.

🎒Teenagers, parents, and adults looking for support throughout the financial aid process are all welcome! Please bring a laptop or prepare to use one of the library's computers (to fill out the FAFSA online). A completed FAFSA Checklist will make the process easier!

🏫Charnikia attended SUNY New Paltz with the hopes of going on to law school. However, realizing that her passion and calling was in helping others pursue a better quality of life through education, Charnikia went back to SUNY New Paltz for a Master of Science in Teaching. She has over 15 years of experience assisting students with the financial aid and college application process.

👩‍🎓The mission of College Jumpstart is to provide high quality college readiness services, leadership, and emotional development workshops to make pursuing higher education a reality for all. Charnikia embodies the following quote “Your success is directly proportional to the number of lives you have touched for the better" (Vishwas Chavan). She is determined to do what it takes to help as many individuals as she can to map out a better quality of life through education and emotional wellbeing.