Colorful text spelling out the words 'VISIONARIES' in a stylized font.

Proud to be on the Visionairies platform with women who had a vision and are pursuing their purpose each and every day.

I teach my students that a visionary is a person with a strong, original, and imaginative vision of the future, often identifying innovative ways to improve society, industry, or technology before they become mainstream. They are strategic thinkers who see possibilities that others miss, combining creativity with the courage to turn idealistic or seemingly impossible ideas into reality.

Logo for Summer Youth Employment Program with NYC Department of Youth & Community Development and Workforce Connect logos

Each season, we proudly partner with DYCD to host the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) and the Work, Learn, Grow (WLG) initiative, fostering professional development for the next generation of leaders.

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Work, Learn & Grow offers NYC youth between the ages of 16 and 20 a paid 22-week-long opportunity to strengthen their work-readiness skills, explore post secondary education and careers, and potentially earn college credit.

A group of women sitting in a circle at a discussion panel or workshop, with a woman holding a microphone speaking.

Work, Learn & Grow Career Panel Guest Speaker.

Group of diverse people sitting on steps and watching a presentation or performance in a modern indoor space with white walls, glass windows, and wooden ceiling.

Work, Learn & Grow Career Participants.

Logo of G.O.O.D. for Girls, Inc. featuring stylized purple and pink female figures holding hands and a green road, with the organization's name in pink text.

Each season, we proudly partner with G.O.O.D for Girls Inc. through their Mapp Program.

MAPP is a five-year post secondary readiness pipeline that meets girls where they are developmentally and walks with them through graduation and transition into adulthood.

Group of three people working on an arts and crafts project at a table, surrounded by glue sticks, markers, cut-out words, and images.

Youth collaborating on Career Vision Boards. Vision serves as a roadmap or big-picture goal of where an individual wants to be in the future. Helping the youth find their vision.

Three young women are seated at a white table, engaged in arts and crafts. The table is cluttered with colored markers, scissors, stickers, and papers. One woman on the left is wearing a maroon hoodie, the woman in the middle has a gray hoodie with a hood and a headscarf, and the woman on the right has glasses and long braided hair. They are focused on their projects. The background is a plain light-colored wall.

Youth collaborating on Career Vision Boards. Vision serves as a roadmap or big-picture goal of where an individual wants to be in the future. Helping the youth find their vision.

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University Prep is an exceptional place to teach and learn. Our educators are unconditionally committed to providing a high quality learning experience focused on the individual needs of each child.  Our school community has a long standing tradition of academic excellence in the South Bronx.

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Career Day at University Prep. Each student had the opportunity to learn about the fashion industry. They were given a design challenge and soared.

Students sitting at desks in a classroom, focused on writing or drawing on paper, with magazines and stationery on their desks.

Career Day at University Prep. Each student had the opportunity to learn about the fashion industry. They were given a design challenge and soared.