Hana Visaya Current Occupation: Senior Project Manager, RPA Advertising Recent Workshop Role: Writing Coach Coordinator Number of Years Serving: 7 years Why did you initially decide to volunteer with PeerForward: “PeerForward found its' way into my life during the Spring of 2013. It was still called College Summit back then and I discovered...
College and Major: Howard University ‘20, Finance Workshop: University of Baltimore County, 2015 Workshop Roles: Peer Support Specialist - UMBC, 2016 Why was it important for you to come back and serve on an Alumni Support Team? It’s the smallest things that make the biggest differences. My main thing is...
College and Major: Bowie State University ‘21, Criminal Justice Workshop: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2017 Workshop Roles: Peer Support Specialist - Washington College, 2019 Though her college journey has not been a walk in the park, Serenity is still pursuing her dreams of earning a degree. Read...
By Victoria Navarro and Keith Frome When we - we policy-makers, funders, non-profit CEOs, educational leaders, academics – when we discuss higher education inequity, we speak the language of numbers. Sincerely and passionately, we express the urgency of mission by spewing statistics. We say things like: Only...
Last week, tucked into the corner room of the Harvard Club of New York, lifelong supporters of PeerForward gathered. The heavily carpeted hallways could barely contain the laughter and delight coming from the Presidential Room. Within its amber-colored walls, Alumni, Newcomers, Writing Coaches, College Coaches,...
Through the journey of becoming a Peer Leader, students often find they have far more in common with their peers than they originally recognized. The same is true for the five new members of the PeerForward Movement. [caption id="attachment_7989" align="alignright" width="225"] Achieve Atlanta Ambassadors and their...
“Love. Growth. Proud. Historic. Heart. Community. Impressed. Astonishing. Seamless. Success.” These were the words used to describe the first ever PeerForward in College Workshop that took place Aug 24-25, 2019 at Broward College, Fla. The workshop marks an exciting new chapter in PeerForward’s history as we pilot our program for...
This Summer, more than 300 students joined the PeerForward movement. Students traveled from California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia to spend four days transforming their perspectives on college, self-worth, and their ability to change the world around them. Our 315 Peer...
For three consecutive years, PeerForward has proudly hosted summer interns from Princeton University through the Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS) program. The PICS program was founded by Princeton alumni in 1996 to encourage students to engage in meaningful summer internship opportunities that contribute to nonprofit and civic service work being done...
This summer, PeerForward hosted five exceptional interns at our national office in Washington, DC. From Finance to Program to Marketing, each department at our organization was positively marked by the heart, creativity, and hard work our interns poured in. We are grateful and impressed with...
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We’ve changed our name, but our mission and values are the same. After two decades of leveraging peer influence to guide more students to higher education, we’ve adopted a name that reflects the power of youth activation. Read more