ASK THE PARENTS ...

"Breakthrough was one of our goals for this year. Once my niece brought home the first paper and she got into the program and I was able to come here and meet [everyone], it became a goal in my house that each child was going to be in Breakthrough. Because I knew that this was a good program and that it would help them all the way through college and help them find college financing."
– Catonya

"I think the most important thing that Breakthrough taught him is to think carefully about his future goals. The second thing that impacted Tho was ... pushing him every day with two hours of homework and to get it done on time and right ... After the first summer he had changed a lot and just put more effort into everything he did."
– Hang

"The program is really helping Qudus because I’ve seen some improvement in every aspect of what he is doing in math, English, science, and social studies. I’ve seen a lot of improvement, especially when I sit down during the time he is doing is homework."
– Tajudeen

"I really want Ngoc and all of [his] brothers and sisters, if possible, to go to Breakthrough."
– Hang

"Breakthrough is not something that you can easily enter into and say, ‘Oh it’s just like another summer program. We will go and we will not go or we will take a vacation.’ Because it is clear. You don’t take time off."
– Molly