ABOUT US

#OneMomentumFamily

OUR VISION

Our vision is to create a movement to ensure every student has the opportunity to reach their dreams.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to provide mentorship and enrichment services to ensure first-generation, low-income students get to and through post-secondary education and into the workforce.

OUR PROGRAMS

INDIVIDUAL MENTORSHIP

  1. This mentorship helps students graduate from high school, graduate from college, and secure their dream job.

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VIRTUAL LEARNING EVENTS

Virtual Career Conversations with a Career Professional helping students learn about a new career.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships to help high school students reach and afford their post-secondary educational dreams.

APPLICATION
SUPPORT

Application Support to help high school students with college application essays and post-secondary students with cover letters and resumes.

ONLINE
OPPORTUNITIES
DATABASE

Online Opportunities Database to connect students to summer programs, scholarships, internships, research opportunities, and college fly-ins.

OUR FULL-TIME STAFF

Raj Salhotra

Executive Director

raj@momentumedu.org

Belen Cosme

High School Coordinator

belen@momentumedu.org

OUR PART-TIME STAFF

Alexis Velazquez

Texas A&M Corpus Christi

2026

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Raj Salhotra

Jimmy Collins

Somir Paul

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Dan Blankenship

President of Daniel Blankenship CPA

Jeff Jones

President of W. M. Jones Insurance Co.

Ron Soligo

Emeritus Professor at Rice University

Ruth Lopez Turley

Professor at Rice University and Founder & Director of Houston Education Research Consortium

Moises Zamarripa

Creative Specialist II at GoDaddy

Jamal Dawson

Software Engineer at 6 River Systems, Inc.

Natalie Patrick

People Manager at Karbach Brewing Co.

Michelle Watts

Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati

Shiroy Aspandiar

Co-Founder, COO of Dreambound

Karthik Soora

Senior Associate in Urban Transformation at RMI

Rick Cruz

Chief Operating Officer, YMCA of Greater Houston

Amir Shah

Director Advisory, KPMG

Juanita Parra

Managing Consultant at IBM