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...
By: Nicole Castañeda Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2021 I can still vividly remember that early Saturday morning in March of 2013 when my little sister came in running with a big letter package, “Wake up! Wake up! You got something in the mail!” ...
By: Jasmine Infante Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2021 Breakthrough Houston has revealed to me the “behind the scenes” of a teacher’s life. I am a recent college graduate. I had been in school for 12+ years of my life, I respected my teachers; yet...
By: Adrian Pachuca Breakthrough Houston Dean of Students at HISD, Summer 2021 I knew it became a problem once Ma looked at me during a car ride and said, “when does Breakthrough start this summer?” My parents often don’t remember much about my life — work,...
By: Marquay Spencer-Gibbs Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow at Connect, Summer 2021 I left Durham, NC with the intention of coming back reinvigorated to start my 3rd year as an English Education student at North Carolina Central University. In the few short weeks...
By: Marie-Anne Barron Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow at Connect, Summer 2019 When I look back on this summer, I think about the friendships I strengthened coming back from college. I think about the time I spent with family—teasing and loving them enough to last...
