Stories Archives - Page 3 of 6 - Urban Alliance

Donnell Bonaparte, Jr. – Baltimore 2019 Walking into the Baltimore City Public Schools Office of Communication on his first day as an Urb...

Denardo Worthy, DC 2019 At the end of his Urban Alliance internship, Denardo Worthy felt “astonished.” Astonished that he...

Obama Youth Jobs Corps Exposure to new possibilities and expanded networks through paid internships can be life-changi...

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...