Ep. 26 Anith Benjamin | Take advantage of your resources | Career

Yon ti chita pale Avek Anith Bejamin ki se founder Golden Vie. Li explike istwa li, poukisa li kreye platform e resous ki disponib pou Elev nan Highschool/University.

Topics:

Golden Vie's Mission

First Generation College Students Challenges

Lack of Scholarship opportunities from Haitian Businesses

Bio:

Anith currently works as a Family Service Specialist at Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County. She received her bachelor’s degree at Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University and is currently a Public Administration Graduate Student at Barry University.

Furthermore, Anith is the founder of Golden Vie Inc a small nonprofit that aims to provide resources to low income high school students in South Florida. The Golden Vie Glass Slippers project sponsors a low income graduating seniors prom expense. The Golden Ticket Supply Drive provides college supplies and dorm necessities to a low-income Haitian descent graduating senior. And Golden Vie provides College Readiness workshops to ESOL students. Golden Vie Inc has also focused on providing resources to Undocumented Immigrant Students

in the Haitian Community by connecting them with information and scholarships. Anith vision is that Golden Vie Inc can be a place where the underrepresented Haitian, first generation, and or immigrant high school students would be targeted for college resources, scholarships and career

opportunities.

Anith has a passion in social services, and public policy. She has high aspirations in continuing her work in serving low income students. She also has high hopes of being an advocate for immigrant high school students in the Haitian Community and providing them with more resources to strive for higher education after high school.

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