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...
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 –...
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...
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...
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...
Over the last few months, social media has been filled with news of racial violence. And yet we continue to show up for school. Take AP tests. Scroll through social media. Take care of younger siblings. What we often haven’t done is learn how to manage our own...
