Thank you for standing by our side in 2020! In a year of exceptional crisis for our entire nation, many Breakthrough families found themselves among the hardest hit – facing unemployment, food and housing insecurity, and increased likelihood of exposure to...
Dec 30, 2020
BRENDA SAUCEDO The University of Texas at Austin BBA in Marketing and Management Information Systems After graduation, Brenda spent time giving back as a Breakthrough AmeriCorps member. This summer she made the move to Seattle, WA to work as a Product Marketing...
Breakthrough Takes Action: Launches Policy Advocacy Practice to Advance Educational Equity Breakthrough’s mission is to support first-generation college aspirants to achieve postsecondary success. We understand this mission to be rooted in commitments to educational...
Q&A with Wes Moore Last month, nearly 1,000 community members tuned in for a virtual conversation with best-selling author and Robin Hood CEO, Wes Moore around race, class and educational equity in Central Texas and collaborative next steps we all can take to...
Donor Spotlight: Rosalind George How and when did you become affiliated with Breakthrough Central Texas? Why did you become involved with Breakthrough? My first introduction to Breakthrough was when I attended an event on November 3, 2015. I was moved by...
This fall, Gen Z, Americans who are between the ages of 18-23, will make up one-in-ten eligible voters. However, younger voters traditionally turn out to vote at lower rates than their older counterparts. In an effort to reverse this historical trend, Breakthrough...
