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  • Affirming Brilliance
    5/8/19
    Inspired by her parents, Desiree Williams wrote and published a children's book to help kids see themselves more often in the world.
  • Founding a school at 28
    12/28/20
    Joelle Formato (EdM ’15), planned on an accounting career until curiosity inspired her to sign up for two years teaching math in a school outside Washington, D.C.
  • Seeing the Potential
    12/22/21
    Some see the need; some see the possibility. When Talia Rodriguez 鈥�15 looks at Buffalo鈥檚 resilient West Side, she sees amazing potential in people who could be community leaders.