“Teaching at Breakthrough Miami has been an amazing learning experience, teaching me more about myself than I could have imagined.”
Katherine GilchristBreakthrough Miami intern teacher, Wesleyan University
“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.”
Kailey Almonte7th Grade
“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.”
Khristlyn BellamySchool of Advanced Studies Class of 2012
“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.”
Jeremy MathurinCoral Reef High School Class of 2012
“I will take everything I learned from Breakthrough and continue to apply it to my life when I begin college.”
Zebrina Edgerton-MaloyMAST Academy Class of 2012
“Exposing students from low-income communities to different experiences, opportunities and cultures creates avenues they did not know existed.”
I’tita AlexanderTeacher at Miami Killian High School, former Breakthrough Miami scholar and intern teacher
“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.”
Camila CeballosCoral Gables Senior High Class of 2012
“Students who are the first in their families to go to college end poverty in their family lines forever.”
U.S. Dept. of Labor
“Breakthrough Miami changed my life by putting the picture of success in front of me and giving me the tools to obtain it.”
Corey GriffinBreakthrough Miami Scholar, now attending the University of Cincinnati
…”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 Scholar Affirmation Statement
“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.”
Leia Armbruster8th Grade
“You can see a change in their attitudes. They are dreaming and visualizing themselves farther.”
