B.E.S.T. Academy Donation Fund

10 years ago: Meet Zion Thomas (ANSEM), a 3rd year Computer Science major, minoring in Computing & Business through the Denning Technology & Management Program! "I have been able to utilize my coursework as well as my extracurricular involvements to fuel my passion for sustainability. In one of my special topics courses administered by the Georgia Tech Honors Program, I studied how race, poverty, and other socioeconomic dynamics have shaped the educational opportunities in economically distressed urban communities. To combat these effects, we volunteered as mentors to students at the BEST Academy for boys and Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy, two schools within the Atlanta Public School system. By building relationships with these students and disseminating information on how to build their resumes and apply to colleges, we helped strengthen the pipeline from secondary to postsecondary education. I feel that our time spent was effective in creating a more sustainable community."