Breakthrough’s policy and advocacy initiatives working to remove barriers to college access and success, build power, and improve the quality of life of Breakthrough students and their communities, continues across legislative, institutional and internal domains. Here...
We are pleased to welcome Christina Corona, Revlynn Lawson, Mysha Lubke, Jeffrey McDowell and Jessica Slade to Breakthrough’s Board of Trustees! These community members bring a wealth of knowledge to our organization. Read more about our newest board trustees below. ...
In 2019, we announced The Breakthrough Challenge – a $10 million campaign to propel us toward a new North Star: to move the needle on educational equity by doubling the number of college graduates from Central Texas’s low-income communities. The need for this campaign...
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...
June 2, 2020 Dear Breakthrough Community, We write to you with heavy hearts, recognizing the pain, fear, and outrage in our community right now. We condemn the racist police brutality that has caused the murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Mike Ramos, Breonna...
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...
