OUR WHY

Jacqueline O. Dawson, Ph.D., is the co-founder and executive director of the Reach Into Cultural Heights (RICH) organization, a non-profit committed to guiding young people to express their personal experience and language of school success for over two decades. As a visionary leader, Jacqueline creates innovative concepts utilizing the classroom and the digital space that showcases self-directed learning conversations. Her passion is watching the transformation of middle school and high school students grow and become competent leaders in the academic environment, and in the world beyond the classroom. The Reach for Success Training program began on the campus of York College CUNY and is currently working in collaboration with an ingenious team at the Tech Incubator @ Queens College CUNY.

Dr. Dawson forthcoming book, "Helping Urban Kids Online," is dedicated to empowering parents with young children in urban areas to achieve academic success and personal growth.