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This year's Youth Leadership Summit: Career Fair was held on Tuesday June 7th and featured seven career panelists from the fields of Healthcare, Publishing, Public Relations, Education, Law, Business & Sustainability, Finance, and Arts and Designs. Speakers volunteered to introduce youth to their respective careers, and graciously shared their personal journeys and the different paths they took to get to where they are.
Our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Muller St. Pre offered inspiring words of encouragement and perseverance to all, emphasizing the importance of not giving up on your dreams and the impact of working hard to achieve them. Many thanks to all of our speakers who showed up for our youth! |
Watch the Keynote Address by
​Dr. Muller St. Pre. |
Keynote Speaker
​Dr. Muller St. Pre ER Physician (retired) |
​Antoinette Bethune
Roads to Success Social Work Michelle Blankenship Blankenship Public Relations Publishing and Public Relations |
Brandie Macdonald
Museum of Us Education Andre Mota JP Morgan ​Law |
Allie O'Shea
Deloitte Business & Sustainability ​ John Xavier The Metropolitan Opera Arts & Design |
Thank you to all of our colleges and educational institutions from across the US that participated in our Virtual College Fair, and presented to young people interested in learning more about college!
Participating Institutions:Augusta University | Boston University | Brooklyn College | City College | Groove NYC | Institute for American Musical Theater | Jersey College School of Nursing | Los Angeles Trade Tech | Montclair State University | New Jersey Institute of Technology | NYU School of Professional Studies | Stony Brook University | SUNY Oswego | The University of Rhode Island | The University of Vermont | The University of Massachusetts Amherst | University of New Haven |
The Annual Youth Leadership Summit encourages young people to explore their college and career options by allowing them to network with college students and career professionals. Over 200 young people participated in moderated panel discussions aimed at inspiring youth to consider potential future pathways by learning from the experience of others and getting the inside tip on the realities of life beyond high school.
Thank you to all of our volunteer speakers and a special thanks to our keynote speaker, Griffin Matthews, Writer, Director, Activist and Actor, who encouraged our youth to be true to themselves and their dreams. |
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Roads to Success welcomed over 150 youth to our virtual college and careers summit, Together We Rise. Volunteer panelists included current college students from institutions such as Hunter College, Pace University, SUNY New Paltz, as well as professionals from numerous industries including entertainment, business, healthcare, sports and more. Special guest speakers Alex Nieves, US Foreign Service Officer, and Latchmi Gopal, NY City Council candidate, introduced participants to their respective careers and their reasons for pursuing those pathways.
Many thanks to all of the young people and volunteers who attended and contributed to such a positive and inspiring afternoon of community and leadership. |
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