For Sarah Ahmed, joining Breakthrough New York as a Teaching Fellow was an opportunity to put her studies into practice while contributing to a mission that felt deeply personal. Sarah is a senior at the CUNY College of Staten Island, where she is pursuing a degree in...
When Anamaria first encountered Breakthrough New York, she already had a glimpse of what the program could offer. Her older brother had joined BTNY two years earlier, and she often tagged along to celebrations and activities. “I saw the opportunities that he was...
When Jesse first joined Breakthrough New York last summer as a Teaching Fellow, he was looking for meaningful classroom experience. What he found was something much bigger, which is why he chose to return this year. Now a senior at NYU studying education, Jesse is...
