TEAK Class: 11 High School: Riverdale Country Day School College: Amherst College On Wednesday, May 30th we celebrated the Class of 2018’s (Class 11) College Graduation and their completion of 9 years of TEAK! Borun Sun, Class 11’s student representative, addressed the room of classmates, family members, Board and Next Generation Board members, and staff. Read his…
TEAK Class: 6 High School: LREI High School College: Cornell University Profession: Account Manager at Newsela Jenilssa is a member of Class Six, The Classics. She graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Hospitality with minors in Marketing and English. Jenilssa and her family emigrated from the Dominican Republic when…
Photo Credit: Kenneth “KC” Wilsey, Visual Imaging Manager, FEMA Region II TEAK Class: 4 High School: Ethical Culture Fieldston School College: Muhlenberg College Profession: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Region II External Affairs (EA) Resource Manager TEAK recently hosted a career panel for TEAK High School Juniors and Seniors and invited several TEAK alumni to sit on…
TEAK Class: 2 High School: Westtown School College: Caldwell College Graduate School: NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Profession: Founder & Executive Director of Girls Education Initiative of Ghana In honor of International Women’s Month, we wanted to highlight an alumna working to empower women and girls. Elizabeth Patterson, Class 2, is…
Alumni Spotlight: Tara Kalinsan TEAK Class: 4 High School: Westtown School College: Muhlenberg College In honor of Mentor Appreciation month in January, we highlight TEAK Alumna, Tara Kalinsan from Class 4, who serves as a mentor to Daniella from Class 19. Over the years, nineteen TEAK Alumnus have served as mentors to…
Lesly Afranie recently joined the TEAK Fellowship as Assistant Director of Admissions but began her journey with TEAK ten years ago, when she was admitted to the 10th class of Fellows. She went on to Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York City and just recently graduated from Brown University. At Brown she became…
“This fall, I will be teaching 10th and 12th grade English at Peddie School. It is heartwarming and exciting to rejoin the Peddie community as a faculty member, because Peddie is a place that is so dear to me. When I reflect on my experience at Peddie and all of the ways that I…
TEAK Class: 3 High School: Phillips Exeter College: Harvard University Graduate School: Yale University Profession: Environmental Sustainability Consultant On Saturday, January 6th, The TEAK Fellowship hosted its first annual College Success Summit, an action-packed day of guest speakers, workshops, and panels geared at helping TEAK college students prepare for their next steps. We were…
TEAK Class: 2 High School: Convent of the Sacred Heart College: Trinity College Graduate School: Yale University Profession: Litigation Lawyer Christina recently finished her federal judicial clerkship with the Hon. Nelson S. Roman of the Southern District of New York and is now a fourth year litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler….
My Khanh Ngo (TEAK Class of 2006) recently graduated this May from Yale Law School. As a first-generation professional and daughter of immigrants, My Khanh chose to pursue a legal education in order to defend the civil and criminal rights of disadvantaged communities, particularly poor and immigrant communities in the United States. During…
