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...
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...
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...
