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Cultivating Growth: Learners to Leaders Luncheon Spring 2023 – Reginald DesRoches
Reginald DesRoches Dr. Reginald DesRoches, Rice University’s eighth President, speaks on educational equity at Breakthrough’s Cultivating Growth Luncheon. “Education dramatically changed my life. The hard-earned opportunities my siblings and I were able to pursue...
Cultivating Growth: Learners to Leaders Luncheon Spring 2023 – Linh Nguyen
Linh Nguyen Linh Nguyen, the proud daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, is now a senior at Rice University. She relocates to Manhattan next fall having already accepted a job with Capital One as a software developer. “Without Breakthrough Houston, hundreds of kids –...
Cultivating Growth: Learners to Leaders Luncheon Spring 2023 – Mahi Tessema
Mahi Tessema Tigi Mekonnen, mother of Breakthrough student, Mahi Tessema, joins her daughter at the Cultivating Growth Luncheon where Tessema shares her Breakthrough experience and talks of attending Dartmouth next fall. “Next fall at Dartmouth, I’ll major in...
Cultivating Growth: Learners to Leaders Luncheon Spring 2023
Mahi TessemaTigi Mekonnen, mother of Breakthrough student Mahi Tessema, joins her daughter at the Cultivating Growth Luncheon where Tessema shares her Breakthrough experience and talks of attending Dartmouth next fall. "Next fall at Dartmouth, I'll major in Chemistry...
Breakthrough Love is all About the Kids
By: Kaela LeBlanc-Palmer Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2022 Passion is Non-Negotiable As I began my path toward a career in education, I made a promise to myself, and ultimately to every child I would encounter in my classroom: I would assure them...
What I’ve Learned From the Breakthrough Community
By: Priscilla Solis Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2022 When asked what the best part of Breakthrough is, my response will always be, “the community.” However, I will confess: I never explored the full depth of my gratitude towards Breakthrough...
Gaining Confidence With Breakthrough
By: Daisy Nieto Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, College Bound 2022 No one is born a perfect presenter. It takes a lot of practice, trial and error, and embarrassing moments to create your own style and persona. As a Breakthrough Houston College Bound Teaching...
The Philosophy of Education in Practice
By: Reagan Kimzey Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2022 Breakthrough Houston (BTH) was everything I could have ever wanted as a student. The idea of a “Growth vs. Fixed” mindset, which BTH bases its academics on, was something I had never encountered...
From Student to Teacher: Breakthrough Love
By: Mahi Tessema Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, Connect Summer 2022 In 2016, I was accepted into Breakthrough Houston as a student. Within the program, I found a community of mentors and peers that made me want to improve not only as a student, but as a person...
Breakthrough Through the Barrier
By: Xitlali Mujica Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2022 As a young child who primarily spoke Spanish at home, my English skills were not strong. Instead of actually helping me in her classroom to read and understand the English language, my teacher...