How Dr Nadia Lopez is Building a Bridge to the Future for Inner City Scholars скачать в хорошем качестве

How Dr Nadia Lopez is Building a Bridge to the Future for Inner City Scholars

In 2010, Dr. Nadia Lopez founded Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a public middle school in Brownsville, Brooklyn, one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in all of New York City. After overcoming insurmountable challenges to open and run her school, Dr. Lopez was committed to offering a safe, nurturing, and innovative learning environment in a community often seen as hopeless with only 32% of students graduating high school and just 14% getting a bachelor’s degree. Burnt out from years of giving, working late nights, and creating endless program initiatives letting her scholars know she cared, she felt ready to quit in January 2015. The very day she contemplated writing her resignation, one of her students, Vidal Chastanet, was featured on the popular Humans of New York blog stating that the person who inspired him the most was his principal, Ms. Lopez, because ‘She tells us that each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built. And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter.’ The post went viral resulting in Dr. Lopez appearing on the the Ellen Show, visiting President Barack Obama, and receiving the Medal of Distinction from Barnard College. To learn more about Nadia Lopez, check our blog post: https://www.bsmartguide.com/women-lea... — bSMART is a mentorship and networking app that guides women through personal and professional challenges in order to increase the number of women in leadership.  Our community is made up of women who are doing extraordinary things and connects them with women who aspire to do the same. Click this link to join this community: https://www.bsmartguide.com/community... — Twitter:   / bsmartguide   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bsmartguide... Facebook:   / bsmartguide   Pinterest:   / pins