Educational Opportunity Program/Merit Access Program

Director's Note

• This past May, the college graduated 30 EOP/MAP students. At their lively commencement ceremony, EOP alum, Latrice Walker was honored by the college by being awarded the “distinguished alumni award”. Check out some of our graduates on their big day in the photo gallery below. Latrice’s bio appears in our alumni updates section below.

   

  The staff of EOP/MAP staff are excited to welcome its class of 2022.  Seventy five students will be coming to campus soon for their prefreshman summer programs. Of course, the EOP class of 2021 will also be joining us for their Sophomore Weekend in July as well. The highlights section this summer includes the bios of all the peer mentors this year-what great group!

• Bogumila Backiel ’14 is graduating with a Master’s of Science in Environmental Conservation in December from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

  Latisha Blackburn ’15 will be pursuing an MSW degree from Columbia  University School of Social Work.

  Eric Burgos ’10 & Sully Gonzalez Burgos ’10 welcome Mason as parents this December.

  Steven Brown ’15 is an Event Coordinator at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Special Projects and Community Events.

  Anjanette Merric ’10 earned a MA degree in Arts Entrepreneurship from Purchase College, SUNY.

  Dionis Ortiz ’00 is completing an MFA degree from Hunter College.

  Antonio Santiago ’01  was recently promoted to the level of Dean of the Danbury Campus of Naugatuck Valley Community College.

  Kameron Wood ’15 Most recently, while living in Los Angeles, has worked on the set of “Untitled Grey’s Anatomy Spinoff” pilot wrangling Cast. It is a Shondaland project premiering on ABC soon. Also working on “Unsolved: the murders of Biggie and Tupac” coming to USA network while handled the background performers on the show.

  Dr. Janette Yarwood ’96 is the Democratic Staff Director of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Human Rights, Global Health and International organizations and has earned Ph.D in Cultural Anthropology from the CUNY Graduate Center.