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Volunteer Spotlight: Nick Tedesco
Breakthrough New York pairs volunteers with college students to serve as coaches through an academic year, mentoring them towards their academic and personal goals. Nick Tedesco is a Breakthrough New York volunteer who works in private equity. After living in various...
Giving Back to Breakthrough: College Students Serve Their Community
Six college students return to where they first began with Breakthrough New York to help admit the incoming class. Admissions days are underway for the incoming Breakthrough New York Class of 2033. This year, six Breakthrough college students will assist with...
A Recovering Perfectionist: An Essay by Keke Grant-Floyd
Keke Grant-Floyd is a junior at Lehman College who is majoring in journalism. Since fall of 2022, she has been an External Relations Intern with Breakthrough New York, where she assists with communications across social media and our blog. She writes an essay on how...
Alumni Spotlight: Zoe Abney
Share your alumni story at [email protected]! Zoe Abney (Class of 2021) earned her BS in psychology from Medgar Evers College, and is currently pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in nursing. Throughout Zoe’s ten-year journey, Breakthrough New York provided her with...
Volunteer Spotlight: Jeff Landry
Breakthrough New York pairs volunteers with college students to serve as coaches through an academic year, mentoring them towards their academic and personal goals. Jeff Landry has been a Breakthrough New York volunteer since 2022. He is a graduate of Villanova...
Intern Spotlight: Mohiba Ahmed
Mohiba Ahmed is a master’s student from New York University who is earning a degree in Middle Eastern Studies. She is a High School Program Development Intern who works closely with Breakthrough’s 10th grade cohort. Engaging with Different Communities As an intern,...