Dita Cavdarbasha, Class 12 Trinity School Class ‘15 | Haverford College ‘19 On June 20th, the Next Generation Board of the TEAK Fellowship hosted its 6th Annual Midsummer Night event at PHD at the Dream Downtown. Dita Cavdarbasha, a TEAK alumna, shared her experience on the TEAK journey. Hello…
Kim White Mother of Vance White TEAK Class 16 | Concord Academy ’19 | Brown University ’23 On June 12th, TEAK Fellows, families, staff, and volunteers celebrated Class 16 Fellows’ graduation from High School. Kim White, a TEAK parent, shared her experience on the TEAK journey. Senior Send Off Speech…
TEAK Class: 10 Secondary School: Phillips Exeter Academy ’13 Undergraduate: Princeton University ’17 Graduate: King’s College, University of Cambridge ’18 Law School: Yale Law School ’22 Career Aspiration: Legal practice, legal academia, educational access & advocacy Field of Interest: Corporate agency, contracts, and the history of international law and trade Interest/Hobbies: Competitive ballroom dance,…
TEAK Class: Classics High School: St. Paul’s School College: Columbia University, BS in Applied Mathematics What have you been up to lately? Professionally, I have been working on building my graphic design and web development business since working at TEAK. I’ve been fortunate enough to have TEAK as an amazing client and…
TEAK Class: Classics High School: Stuyvesant High School College: Harvard University, BA in Biomedical Engineering Medical School: Brown University, MD Residency: Brown General Surgery Interest: Hiking, biking, outdoors, dancing, playing chess What influenced you to become a doctor? I decided to pursue medicine after participating in a health and cultural exchange program…
On Saturday, August 11th, Steven Xu, Class 4, organized a volunteer day for the TEAK Alumni Association (TAA) at St. Joesph’s Soup Kitchen in Greenwich Village. The group helped with set up, food prep, serving, and clean up. Over 350 meals were served to New Yorkers in need. Here Steven shares his thoughts on the day…
The TEAK Fellowship is proud to participate in the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon. Our team of five runners have committed to training and raising money with the promise that 100% of every dollar will be used for the TEAK Fellowships college access and success programs. For the next 4 months, we’ll be…
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…
