SPACES stands for Student Promoted Access Center for Education and Service. We are a fully funded, student run space that is focused on access and retention work through the University of California San Diego. SPACES at UCSD strives to: Increase the access to higher education. Increase the retention of UCSD undergraduates. Increase the access to even higher education. (Post Graduate Education) The mission of the Student Promoted Access Center for Education and Service (SPACES) is to act as an empowering dynamic on campus where UCSD students collaborate to achieve greater educational equity. This encompasses equal access to higher education, undergraduate retention and graduation, and matriculation to graduate and professional schools. SPACES values the power of student initiated action and organizing by providing an environment for student growth and development and thus is a foundation to create leadership and unity through community engagement. SPACES serves as the center for student-initiated access and retention projects at the university. Student Initiated Access Programs and Services (SIAPS) shall exist as the “access” component to SPACES. The Student Initiated Programs for Holistic Retention (SIPHR) shall exist as the “retention” component to SPACES.