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Meet Our Team

The College Persistence team has extensive experience in higher education and we love working with college students and young adults.

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The College Persistence Team

Pamela Phayme Jones is the Director of College Persistence and joined the Student Leadership Network team in November 2019. Prior to Student Leadership, she worked as the National Director of Training and Evaluation at The Posse Foundation and spent 12 years working as a college administrator at various schools including Barnard College, Columbia University, and Hofstra University. When she’s not working, Pam enjoyed reading, hiking, spending time with family, friends, and her puppy Kalli!

Nicole Meyer is the Manager of College Persistence and joined Student Leadership Network in May 2022. Before she joined the Student Leadership family, Nicole served as an Alumni Success Counselor at Achievement First’s Charter School Network. Nicole is keen on developing relationships and building rapport with partner organizations that provide support services that lead scholars to live fulfilling/purposeful lives. In her spare time, Nicole loves to hang out with her family and friends, participate in self-care activities, and binge-watch all the Gordon Ramsay cooking shows on Hulu.

Gabrielle Oliver is the Manager of College Persistence and joined Student Leadership Network in October 2021. Before she joined the Student Leadership family, Gabrielle served as a Senior Academic Advisor at BMCC with the BMCC Learning Academy Program. Gabrielle aims to build students’ academic confidence and empower students from marginalized communities with tools to achieve long-term academic success. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading, movie trivia, looking for discount Broadway tickets, or attempting to learn Beyoncé choreography.

College Transition Coaches

College Transition Coaches (CTCs) are Student Leadership Network alumni who support students in the transition from high school to college. Through our CollegeBridge program, they work with the high schools’ directors of college counseling and directly with students in their senior year, and provide summer support to ensure alumni complete key milestones to enroll in their first year of college.

Bronx Envision Academy – Hildari, [email protected]
Bronx Latin – Dailin, [email protected]
Lab School for Finance and Technology – Katie, [email protected]
Marble Hill School for International Studies – Scarleth, [email protected]
TYWLS Bronx – Noelle, [email protected]
Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science – Anyelo, [email protected]
Validus Prep – Anabel, [email protected]

HS for Youth and Community Development – Yolanda, [email protected]
Juan Morel Campos – Melisa, [email protected]
Spring Creek Community School – Jamille, [email protected]
TYWLS Brooklyn – Karen, [email protected]
Williamsburg Prep – Brianna, [email protected]

Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management – Eric, [email protected]
Burgard – Nure, [email protected]
East Community – Mohamad, [email protected]
International Prep – Robin, [email protected] and Shehrin, [email protected]
Math, Science, and Technology Prep – Nur, [email protected]
McKinley – Muslima, [email protected] and Thuweiba, [email protected]
Riverside Academy – Jayden, [email protected]
South Park – Harmoni, [email protected], and Vas, [email protected]

Business Of Sports School – Briana, [email protected]
Central Park East – Saray V., [email protected]
Frederick Douglass Academy – Shiaimaa, [email protected]
Heritage School – Dariana, [email protected]
Manhattan Business Academy – Janelys, [email protected]
Manhattan Early College School for Advertising – Anthony, [email protected]
TYWLS Manhattan – Lesley, [email protected]
Union Square Academy for Health Sciences – Sasha, [email protected]

East-West School for International Studies – David G., [email protected]
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology – Jennifer, [email protected]
TYWLS Astoria – Makula, [email protected]
TYWLS Queens – Fathema, [email protected]

Young Women’s College Prep – Hasnaa, [email protected]

Peer Leaders

Peer Leaders are Student Leadership Network alumni currently in college who support other alumni enrolled in CUNY colleges. Through our CollegeJourney program, they provide peer support in-person and via texts, host events, and support a roster of students attending CUNY community colleges and senior colleges. Find your college’s Peer Leader below!

Four people are sitting on a patterned blue sofa against a plain white wall, looking at the camera and smiling. — *Peer Leaders, from left: Nicole, Miskatul, Almasur, Ryan*

Bronx Community College (BCC) – Nicole, [email protected]
Hostos CC – Nicole, [email protected]
Lehman – Nicole, [email protected]

Brooklyn College – Miskatul, [email protected]
City Tech – Almasur, [email protected]
Kingsborough CC – Miskatul, [email protected]
Medgar Evers – Ryan, [email protected]

Baruch – Nicole, [email protected]
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) – Ryan, [email protected]
City College – Almasur, [email protected]
Guttman CC – Miskatul, [email protected]
Hunter – Miskatul, [email protected]
John Jay – Ryan, [email protected]

LaGuardia CC – Almasur, [email protected]
Queensborough CC – Almasur, [email protected]
Queens College – Ryan, [email protected]
York – Almasur, [email protected]

College of Staten Island (CSI) – Ryan, [email protected]