Student Spotlight

With our high school golf team halfway through its second PSAL season, we checked in with freshman Jaden Jackson about the team's first victory, what it's like to play on the team, and how lessons learned in our after school program have made an impact during matches.

Josiah Yoba, a 15-year-old sophomore at Eagle Harlem, is into drawing and golf, and he's working on the guitar parts for "Beat It" and "Low Rider."

Alejandro Martinez is a 15-year-old freshman who is considering a career in medicine. He has embraced our character education curriculum, and he has a passion for the Yankees.

Noah Folks, a sophomore who will turn 16 in April, lives in the Bronx and wants to own a variety of businesses some day.

Meet Braylan Stewart, a 7th grader in our after school program who likes science and YouTube, and who recently attended the Heisman Trophy Gala.

This month we meet Juan Cortorreal, a 15-year-old sophomore from Harlem who is interested in a career in computer engineering.

This month we meet Xavier Partee, a 13-year-old in 8th grade with a passion for basketball, golf, swimming, photography and writing.

This month we meet Dameul McGill, a 14-year-old sophomore who aspires to a career in the fashion industry.

This month we meet Elijah Opoku, a new student in the program who is entering 7th grade. He recently fielded some questions from Program Coordinator Reggie Mays, Jr.

This month we meet Jacob Porter Scarborough, a 13-year-old who is new to the program. He recently fielded some questions from Executive Director and Co-Founder Farrell Evans.

Meet Antonio Cortorreal, a soon-to-be 10th grader who is thinking about becoming a software engineer and is working hard on math and his golf game.

Every month, we are interviewing one of the young men in our After School program. This month we meet 9th-grader Mark Jones.