Career Lessons from My Mother
Posted onNikita Kulkarni is studying Finance and Management Information Systems at Rutgers University – Newark. She is the President of Rutgers Undergraduate Women in Business in addition to being a 2016 Braven Fellow.
Read the full storyMeet the SJSU Braven Brand Ambassadors
Posted onBy: Martin Tran, Spring 2017 Braven Fellow at San José State University San José State University provides numerous resources for students to develop their career and leadership skills. Braven’s mission is to empower promising, underrepresented young people–first-generation college students, students from low-income backgrounds, and students of color–with the skills, confidence, experiences and networks necessary to […]
Read the full storyLife Lessons from My Leadership Coach
Posted onBeing a young Latina woman, I want to pursue a high-powered job to not only provide a better life for myself, but to give my future family a better life than I have. I want to learn how to get there and empower other women to strive for the same, so I interviewed Phasha Spencer, my Braven Leadership Coach recently about her career path, dealing with hardships, and her successes along the way.
Read the full storySo you want to be a Teacher?
Posted onMarthe Leach, Program Manager, Braven Chicago talks about the trick she learned when applying for various teaching positions.
Read the full storyHomecoming: Tackling life in my hometown after graduation
Posted onDania Moctezuma describes finding her passion and her first role post-college.
Read the full story6 Keys to a Successful Job Search
Posted onMy own journey took me from the suburbs of Chicago to Amherst College, then to the classroom in public, private, and charter schools where I taught history and coached hoops. My experience applying to those jobs, as well as finding roles at nonprofits City Year, Teach for America, and Braven, taught me what an undertaking the job search can be. Here are tips I picked up along the way
Read the full storyEubanks-Davis Makes Essence’s 50 Black Women Founders to Watch List
Posted onThis November, Braven Founder & CEO, Aimée Eubanks Davis, was featured as #13 on Essence Magazine’s 50 Black Women Founders to Watch list.
Read More2016-2017 Braven Impact Report
Posted onLast year, we doubled in size becoming a diverse community of 540 Fellows, and are on pace to double again this school year. Braven Fellows continue to outpace the national average for quality job attainment in less than half the time. And Fellows still in school are persisting and securing internships at inspiring rates. As a community, we have a lot to be proud of, and also so much work ahead.
Read MoreThe Unexpected Value of the Liberal Arts
Posted onIn his new book, You Can Do Anything: the Surprising Power of a ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Education, New York Times bestselling author George Anders tells the story of Braven Rutgers-Newark Fellow Dyllan and Leadership Coach Josmar to illustrate the transformational nature of built-in career support for first-generation college students.
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