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Our Stories
Our journey to success.
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Joshua Sims
Joshua is currently finishing up his last year at Cornell University and intends to apply for Law School to pursue his career as a Lawyer. P.A.C.E has invested their time and money to help Joshua further his education. As a way to give back to his community, Joshua has volunteered his time to help the P.A.C.E program carry its mission. He now works as P.A.C.E's funding director.
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Jessenia Hernandez
Jessenia is a senior at Rutgers University and currently studies Marketing. After years of figuring what career to pursue, she finally decides she wants to be a web designer. P.A.C.E has helped further Jessenia's education by taking her to programs that specialize in writing college essays. This helped her get into her dream school, Spelman College. Unfortunately, after her first year, she had to transfer due to financial disabilities. Stories like Jessenia's motivates P.A.C.E to raise money to support their students. Jessenia has now volunteered with P.A.C.E and provides marketing advice, along with designing their website.
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Zhamina Faulkner
This year has been challenging for Zhamina due to the COVID-19 regulations. It was unfortunate that she had to spend her senior year at home and was stripped from her senior year experience. However, Zhamina did not want this situation to hold her back from getting into her dream school, Barnard College at Columbia University. With the help of P.A.C.E, Zhamina received additional SAT Prep, which improved her scores. Now Zhamina can proudly say that she will be a student at Barnard College in the Fall semester of 2021.
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Tojmere Cordy
Before coming to P.A.C.E, Tojmere had struggled with finding himself. He lacked goals, ambition, and identity. By joining his high school band and learning to play the bass, Tojmere began to figure out who he is. His passion for music has inspired him to focus on his future. Through the connection of his band program, Tojmere was able to receive guidance through the P.A.C.E program. As of now, Tojmere is attending his dream school, Berklee College of Music. Occasionally, Tojmere visits the P.A.C.E program to share his story and experiences in the hope of inspiring students.
P.A.C.E students'
Testimonials
" Without P.A.C.E, I wouldn't be who I am today. This program guided me through every obstacle I encountered and helped me pursue my career as a musician."
- Randy Thompson, Student at Berklee College of Music
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