Our Board

“Breakthrough Miami opened up many opportunities. Volunteering there allowed me to give back to an organization that has given me more than I can ever return.”

…”I am the bright hope for my family, friends and community… I am brilliant. I am confident. I will graduate from college. I will achieve my dreams.”

“Breakthrough Miami changed my life by putting the picture of success in front of me and giving me the tools to obtain it.”

“I will take everything I learned from Breakthrough and continue to apply it to my life when I begin college.”

“Exposing students from low-income communities to different experiences, opportunities and cultures creates avenues they did not know existed.”

“Attending the Breakthrough Miami program at Carrollton has been an amazing experience.…I know it is hard sometimes for my mom raising me on her own. I feel lucky that the program will be in my life until I am ready to go to college.”

“I am grateful for the dedicated staff that served as my mentors throughout my middle and high school years. Breakthrough Miami has equipped me with the tools I need to be successful in college, in my future profession, and in life.”

“Because of Breakthrough Miami, I will go to college out-of-state on a full-tuition scholarship. …My life could have gone down a very different path, had it not been for those amazing teachers.”

“I was weak in math, but I had a teacher at Breakthrough who made math fun, and helped me with my homework. …I read a lot more now. I can relate to different cultures. I’m more open.”

“Teaching at Breakthrough Miami has been an amazing learning experience, teaching me more about myself than I could have imagined.”