Congratulations to Brooke McKean, Jeffery Beckham Jr and the REACH Pathways village!! The Academy Group, Inc. is ridiculously excited to partner so we can REACH young people across the nation!!! Kudos Sasha Peña, Kenneth Woodard, Brianna Marie Olivarez, Joey Liang, & Elaine Li! Much more to come. #ChicagoScholars #TheAcademyGroup #REACHPathways #TalentIsUbiquitous #Collab #GoBiggerGetBiggerTogether
President and Co-CEO of REACH Pathways | Values-based leader | Expert in managing strategy, teams, and change for rapid scale
I am so honored and proud that REACH Pathways was a Chicago Innovation Awards winner last night! I'm grateful to stand on the stage with our team and our Scholar Advisors (Sasha Peña, Kenneth Woodard, Brianna Marie Olivarez, Elaine Li, and Joey Liang) and we missed you very much Jeffery Beckham Jr. As I said in my remarks, none of us were supposed to be on that stage, because we grew up in under-resourced communities. REACH Pathways envisions a world where young people from every zip code can lead, and reach their dreams. This award is for every young person who ever felt like they didn't belong. On a personal note, it was a proud moment for me to speak in front of 700 people, just over 20 years after dropping my college speech class (the one and only class I ever dropped).