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 academic, financial, and career resources to ensure first-generation, low-income students get into college, graduate from college, and enter the workforce.

OUR PROGRAMS

HIGH SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP

  1. Academic Resources: Feedback on College Application Essays and Connections to Summer Programs.

  2. Career Resources: Feedback on College Application Essays and Connections to Summer Programs.

  3. Financial Resources: Connections to Scholarships for college.

COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP

Academic Resources: Mentorship from an upperclassmen during freshman and sophomore years of college. The mentor is on the same college campus as the mentee and meets with the mentee twice per month.

Career Resources: Mentorship from a Young Professional during junior and senior years of college. The mentor is in the same career field the mentee wants to enter and meets with the mentee once per month.

Financial Resources: Stipend of $200 every semester of college provided the student maintains a 3.0 GPA and remains active in their respective mentorship.

ALUMNI FELLOWSHIP

Career Support: Twice a year check-ins to ensure the alum is succeeding in their career or graduate school.

Volunteer Opportunity: Engaging the alum to serve as Young Professional mentor, Career Exploration speaker, or Essay reader.

OUR FULL-TIME STAFF

Raj Salhotra

Executive Director

raj@momentumedu.org

Karel Alfaro

Post-Secondary Coordinator

karel.alfaro@momentumedu.org

Belen Cosme

Opportunity Coordinator

belen@momentumedu.org

OUR PART-TIME STAFF

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Raj Salhotra

Jimmy Collins

Somir Paul

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Shiroy Aspandiar

Co-Founder, COO of Dreambound

Karthik Soora

Senior Associate in Urban Transformation at RMI

Amir Shah

Director Advisory, KPMG

Juanita Parra

Managing Consultant at IBM