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StreetSquash is excited to welcome Kylie VanLuvender to the organization. She is our second social worker on staff. Kylie grew up in Warwick, New York, and has worked with kids in various capacities starting at a young age through service projects, summer camps, and babysitting. During this time, she discovered her passion for mental health […]
11th grader Angela is no stranger to academic enrichment. In the summer of 2022, she took courses at Phillips Exeter Academy, and in the summer of 2023 she spent time at Andover. During the 2023-2024 school year, she took a 10-week course at Columbia University called Entrepreneurship, Economics and Social Justice. This summer, she’ll be […]
Leslie Anguiano first joined StreetSquash in 2014 as an 8th grader. Her friend Kobe nudged her to join aided by a visit to her school from StreetSquash staff. This was her first time joining a program outside her school. “The first day I went I felt entirely out of place because it was my […]
The StreetSquash Student Leadership Committee (SLC) is a way to empower StreetSquash participants and give them a voice for certain aspects of programming. The SLC consists of student leaders elected by their peers, tasked with fundraising, planning program-wide activities and trips, and organizing community service projects. Elections were held in April to pick the […]
