Intern Archives - Page 3 of 5 - Urban Alliance

Makiah Watson, Chicago 2018 Makiah Watson always loved school, from pencils and pens to textbooks and even homework. She drea...

Roselany Montero, Baltimore 2018 Roselany Montero has big dreams — and thanks to Urban Alliance, she feels like her dreams are wit...

Debby Jaldin, Northern Virginia 2018 When Debby Jaldin and her mother used to pass by Virginia Tech’s campus, they would joke about ho...

Valeria Belmonte – Northern Virginia 2018 In high school, Valeria Belmonte was mostly focused on working. She had a job at Chipotle, and di...

Rene Santos, Northern Virginia 2018 Rene Santos was confused. He was all over the place. He didn’t know what his future would hold. T...

Dejuan Johnson, Montgomery County 2018 Before finding Urban Alliance, Dejuan Johnson, an ambitious and driven young man, encountered mos...

Khadijah Gikeneh, DC 2018 Khadijah Gikeneh grew up east of the Anacostia River, a traditionally underserved part of Washing...

Eva Mercado, Northern Virginia 2018 Before joining Urban Alliance, Eva Mercado worked alongside her entire family at night in a newsp...

Blanca Zelaya, Northern Virginia 2018 Blanca Zelaya was eating lunch in her high school cafeteria when she overheard an Urban Alliance ...

Elisabethe Ocon Calderon, Chicago 2013 In 2012, Elisabethe Calderon made a decision that transformed her senior year of high school and ...