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By: Brian Rivera Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow at Connect, Summer 2019   My Favorite Teacher College graduation is less than one year away for me and, when I reflect on how I arrived at this point, I recognize I would not be in this position without the...

By: Erica Barnes Current Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow at Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (GLEC); Breakthrough Atlanta Teaching Fellow, Summer 2018   How did we get here? Last summer, I left the Hot Peach City, also known as Atlanta, GA, on July 25, 2018,...

By: Nazirah Ahmad Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow at Connect and Junior at Howard University For the past two weeks, I have had the amazing privilege of teaching 8th grade Writing with Breakthrough Houston at Connect! At the end of my high school career, I...

By: Hannah Hsu Teaching Fellow at Breakthrough Houston at SJS I often feel like I'm in a kids’ TV show: Every aspect carefully crafted and planned with great intentionality, packed with movement and engagement, repetition of routines and structure, cheers, positivity,...

By: Taryn Wilkins Teaching Fellow, Breakthrough Houston at Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (GLEC) Growing up with educators as parents, I have always been aware of the importance of education, but I was never fully aware of how lucky I was to have the education I...

By: Adrian Pachuca Returning Teaching Fellow, Breakthrough Houston at Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (GLEC) I am “seasoned” or, as some have argued, addicted to the Breakthrough summer. Quite frankly, I am addicted to all of the cheers, department meetings, and even...

 By: Kathy Heinzerling Here at Breakthrough, we’re proud to serve Houston’s underserved student population; we love providing new opportunities for motivated students. For 23 years we’ve honed and grown our program, and now we have what may be our most exciting news...