Breakthrough Miami Alumni Network

📚 Congratulations to our 2026 Undergraduate Book Scholarship Recipients! 🎉

We’re proud to award five outstanding Breakthrough Miami alumni with $500 scholarships to help them start the semester strong and invest in their educational journeys.

Please join us in celebrating our recipients:
✨ Joshua Morris
✨ Lena Ross
✨ Lailah Robinson
✨ Morgan Williams
✨ Dania Zelayandia

Four recipients are pictured, but all five scholarship winners were selected for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to their academic goals. We are proud of you!

We can’t wait to see all that you accomplish this year. Keep breaking through! 💙💜

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The Breakthrough Miami Senior Book Scholarship is OPEN!

We’re giving out 5 scholarships worth $500 each so don’t miss your chance

⏳ Only 72 hours left to apply!
⏰ Deadline: Friday May 1st at 11:59PM EDT

Apply now through the link in bio!

Calling all 2026 Breakthrough Miami graduates 📣 The Undergraduate Book Scholarship is officially OPEN!

We’re awarding five (5) $500 scholarships to help you start the semester strong (and actually afford your textbooks), so it’s time to lock in and gather your:

✏️ Letter of acceptance
✏️ Essay
✏️ Recommendation letter

⏰ Deadline: May 1st at 11:59 PM EDT

Don’t wait till the last minute, apply through the link in bio!

We’re grateful for the incredible leaders who help guide and support the Breakthrough Miami Alumni Network!

Next up in our Board Member Spotlight series is our third featured board member and Chair of the Marketing and Alumni Engagement Committee, Alonte ⭐️

We hope you enjoy getting to know him a little better!

Philanthropist and advocate Melinda French Gates has spent decades working to improve global health, expand economic opportunity, and advance gender equality. As former co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, she helped lead one of the world’s largest philanthropic organizations.

Today, she continues her work through Pivotal Ventures, which focuses on accelerating progress for women and families through investments in nonprofits, research, and social initiatives.

✨ Fun facts:
• She originally studied computer science and economics at Duke University.
• Before her philanthropic career, she worked at Microsoft as a product manager.
• She has pledged billions of dollars toward advancing women’s leadership and economic empowerment.

Her work demonstrates how philanthropy and business leadership can drive meaningful change around the world. 🌍