Cheryl Nnadi (left) and Taussia Boadi (right) created Positioned for Success, a 2023 winner of Projects for Progress.
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Positioned for Success
The program, launched by recent College of Arts and Sciences grads Taussia Boadi and Cheryl Nnadi, was a 2023 Projects for Progress winner and provides academic support to middle school students affected by gun violence.
Fourth cohort of Projects for Progress recipients announced
The initiative, run out of the Office of Social Equity and Community, provides University funding up to $100,000 each to Penn teams taking on big social justice issues in the city.
Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, and Jason Chu are among the first-generation college students graduating in the Class of 2024.
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Celebrating family firsts and resourcefulness in the Class of 2024
Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, and Jason Chu all entered Penn as first-generation college undergraduates and the children of immigrants and pursued different paths: political science, film, and finance and accounting.
The fourth-year third baseman on the baseball team discusses his 36 best friends, hitting home runs, getting hit by 90 mph fastballs, and why the New York Yankees are “God’s team.”