Breakthrough staff, students, and parents are honored to welcome Marina (Mari) Morales Gonzalez as Breakthrough’s new AmeriCorps VISTA Community Coordinator. Mari will be engaging with the Capistrano Valley community and ...
Allison Sorgeloos is originally from Detroit, Michigan and is a junior at Arizona State University. She is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in secondary education (English) with a minor in ...
Aide Najera is a freshman at Barnard College, an all-women’s liberal arts school with a unique partnership with Columbia University. As a first generation student, going to college out-of-state and ...
On Saturday, several of our Breakthrough families took a trip to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. The museum provided us with a guided tour of the exhibit Endurance: The ...
Our partnerships with St. Margaret’s Model United Nations (MUN) student-run club and the nonprofit Global GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) began in the fall of 2016 and just kicked off ...
We had our first official Parents of Breakthrough (POB) meeting of the 2017-2018 school year yesterday at the McDonald’s in San Juan Capistrano. Some of our students enjoyed a meal ...
Breakthrough senior Bryant Villamil wanted to learn more about potential careers in science, technology, and engineering. In the fall of his junior year, Bryant learned that the Massachusetts Institute of ...
We are thrilled to welcome Samantha (Sam) Geary, who recently started her new role as our Volunteer Coordinator. Her primary responsibilities include leading our high school tutoring program and College ...
Visitors’ Day is an annual summer event that gives community members the opportunity to meet our students and teaching fellows. Guests are able to learn more about our program during ...