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...
Joining a Community and a Cause: My Breakthrough Experience by Shannon Clark
Shannon Clark has been a Breakthrough supporter since 2018, serving as a volunteer and Associates Board member. Read her story of why she became involved with the organization and what this service means to her. When I moved to New York City after college, I was eager...
Meringoff Scholarship Winner Shadi
The Meringoff Family Foundation offered its seventh-annual Meringoff Valedictory Prize, a scholarship essay competition for college-bound high school seniors. Breakthrough New York senior Shadi (Class of 2026) wrote an essay describing her journey to NYC and how...
Women’s History: It’s Complicated
This Women’s History Month, Breakthrough New York Chief Program Officer Olivia Nuñez reflects on her position as a white woman in leadership at an organization that serves primarily BIPOC youth. To provide space for and uplift BIPOC women and nonbinary people, she...
