At CSUN, prior to becoming Project Rebound, led by Lily Gonzalez and Johnny Czifra, both formerly incarcerated, students engaged in a grassroots effort to develop a campus support system. Their efforts resulted in the establishment of Revolutionary Scholars, a student organization dedicated to creating alternatives to criminalization and incarceration, and Revolutionary Scholars Project, the precursor to Project Rebound at CSUN. Professors Marta Lopez-Garza and Martha Escobar served as the faculty advisers for the Revolutionary Scholars Project.