By: Dorinda Kyeremateng Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, College Bound Summer 2021 “What better way to give back to Breakthrough than teaching for it?” I posed this question to myself earlier this year, and the outcome has been nothing short of magnificent. As...
By: Andrea Hernandez Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, College Bound Summer 2021 I first heard of Breakthrough Houston in a Zoom session held by my scholarship sponsors in February of 2021. I remember the former Breakthrough Teaching Fellows sharing their stories...
By: Randi Avery Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2021 The very first time that I heard the name Breakthrough Collaborative, I was a sophomore in college sitting in my Educational Psychology class. Even then, I was so fueled by my passions for...
By: Vincent Lai Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, HISD Summer 2021 At Breakthrough, a kudos is the ultimate way of showing our gratitude for others. It consists of a verbal expression of gratitude, followed by two claps and then a series of actions based on which...
By: Nathalie Soto Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, Connect Summer 2021 Before joining the Breakthrough Houston team, I had no prior teaching experience. I was anxious to start, but entered the summer with three goals in mind: Becoming open to sharing ideas and...
