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"Students become aware of their potential and were motivated to read and participate in classroom discussions. It gave them self-esteem."

(Teacher)


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Build Your Future

Build Your Future provides READ teen tutors with additional skills necessary for college and career success. Through career and college preparation workshops and hands-on experiences, teens learn professionalism, explore a variety of career options, participate in an online college assessment, and tour college campuses.


“Before Build Your Future I had never visited or thought much about college. Build Your Future got me really excited about advancing my education. Now I spend time looking up colleges on my own, and I think about where I want to go in the future.”

Fatima Shaikh, Build Your Future participant


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CAREER

READ is seeking community and corporate volunteers to participate in
Build Your Future this summer by offering career skills, financial literacy, and leadership development.

Specific areas of expertise sought include finance, medical/pharmaceutical, psychology, entertainment, education, publishing, and human resources.

Please contact Irene Camp at (646) 867-6105 or icamp@readnyc.org to volunteer or to become a Build Your Future Sponsor.