“Being introduced to Breakthrough is how I fell in love with education.” With a warm smile and sleepy eyes, Joy Delizo-Osborne admits that she and her partner have a newborn at home and the rumors are true about new parents, sleep is a precious commodity...
Last week the Breakthrough Teaching Fellow recruitment team hit the road, visiting the AUCC career fair (The Atlanta University Center Consortium, comprised of the 3 major HBCUs in Atlanta, Morehouse, Spelman, and Clark Atlanta), Brown University, and the White House...
Carolyn and Jack Long want their giving to make a lasting difference starting from today. As Carolyn puts it, “We don’t have forever to solve these problems. We need to get on top of them now.” As philanthropists, they ask themselves, “Is this a good investment, can...
Terron Ferguson is a legal consultant and entrepreneur committed to civil and human rights, racial equity and justice. A Breakthrough Miami scholar and Teaching Fellow, Terron grew up in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood and attended Morehouse College, London School...
“Breakthrough changed my life. Breakthrough is the reason I am a teacher today.” – Jasmine Lane Growing up in the Twin Cities area, Jasmine Lane was a first-generation college student. When she joined Breakthrough as a teaching fellow and started...
Timely reflections from Breakthrough Collaborative’s National CEO Elissa Vanaver Read insights from our newly-released White Paper titled INSPIRING STUDENTS, DEVELOPING TEACHERS: How a Corps of College Students Closes Opportunity Gaps & Diversifies the...
