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Labiba: How Peer Leadership Led Labiba to Teach in a College Classroom
Labiba is a former Peer Leader at Queens College, where she earned both her bachelor’s…
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Anna Cruz: CARA Youth Leaders are Becoming College Counselors
Being a Youth Leader gave me a positive way to be seen. Youth Leaders are…
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Angel Perez: From Youth Leader to TV
Meet Angel Perez, a CARA-trained Peer Leader from the Mott Haven Campus and current student…
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Melissa Rivera: College Bridge Coach reaches International Students
I was a recent immigrant who knew nothing about the system, but I got into…
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Rishana: Peer Leader and College Ally
Interview with Rishana is a second year Peer Leader at BMCC’s Learning Academy and has…
CARA Peer Leaders and interns are at the heart of our work. Their experiences show the power of peer support—how it shapes their leadership, career paths, and communities.
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Peer Leadership in Action
PERSONAL STATEMENT is a feature-length documentary film that showcases the challenges that young people face who are the first in their family to attend college – and the remarkable potential of peer leadership to address those challenges. Visit www.PersonalStatementFilm.com to learn more.
If you are interested in bringing the full length film to your school or community, you can learn more about how to do so through Good Docs.
The following short video, “Youth Leaders in Action,” features the three main characters of the film at work in their own communities, and demonstrates the power of CARA’s peer-to-peer model.