Diana Bernal has been a Read Ahead mentor since 2015. As a seasoned retail executive, she has worked for several major luxury companies, managed a multi-million dollar millwork business and is currently a Project Management Consultant. Why did you choose…
It’s an honor to highlight another one of our fantastic volunteers, Grant Darwin, on today’s blog! Grant is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Proskauer Rose LLP…
Eva David has been working with kids for over a decade, and has been a Read Ahead Program Coordinator for five years! This year, she has been making sure that mentor-mentee pairs at P.S. 33 in midtown, and P.S. 92…
May 5, 2020 is #GivingTuesdayNow – a new global day of giving and unity, created as an emergency response to the unprecedented need created by the COVID-19 pandemic. At Read Ahead, we’re inspired by the incredible support we’ve received from…
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Since 1984, the National PTA has designated one week in May to celebrate teachers. Read Ahead relies on many partners to help us meet our mission, including New York City’s amazing public school teachers! Read on…
Since joining our program team earlier this school year, Janet Lee has been helping to make sure that Read Ahead at P.S. 51 in Hell’s Kitchen is running smoothly. Janet’s creativity and commitment to her school and students is evident…
Amidst all she does as a mom of three boys, a social work grad student, a published children’s book author, and much more, Shenae Osborne is also the Read Ahead Program Coordinator at P.S. 110 on the Lower East Side.…
We’re so excited to feature Zoe Grenier! Zoe has been a mentor with Read Ahead since 2017 through her employer, S&P Global. For over 20 years, employees from S&P have been volunteering their lunch hours to read with and mentor…
The Read Ahead community loves a great bookstore, and to celebrate #BookstoreDay on the last Saturday in April, we’re excited to bring you this story about a very special one in London … By Charlie Xu Last fall I was…
Sending lots of joy and appreciation to our volunteers and friends at Macquarie this week as the celebrate mentoring!