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YES Program Summer 2011. Intern: Jeremy Guardiola ’12 Mentor: Michael Stern ‘59 Location: Harlem, NY Focus: Youth Empowerment
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YES Program Summer 2011 • Intern: Jeremy Guardiola ’12 • Mentor: Michael Stern ‘59 • Location: Harlem, NY • Focus: Youth Empowerment • Description: I ran a job placement program for high-achieving teenagers from New York’s inner-city while also organizing cultural field trips and personal development workshops for the cohort. • “More than anything, I believe the YES Program provides its participants with a bolstered identity and sense of agency in a world they usually see as stifling. YES allows them to realize that, contrary to the outside world’s expectations, they are capable of accomplishing lofty goals and achieving success.”
YES Program Summer 2011Jeremy Guardiola ‘12 YES participants at Broadway’s Baby It’s You! YES participants on the way to Ellis Island