Feature Stories
Later this year, Higher Achievement Richmond, which opened its doors to area middle school students in 2011, will see its first class of scholars graduate from high school. For five Spiders – Tyren Frazier, MLA ’13, Jess Pare, ’06, Jeanine Mowbray, ’14, Sarah Ramirez, ’16, and current SPCS student Anj McClain – working with the organization to close the opportunity gap for underserved youth, it will be a very special moment.
In the last year, Jeanette Lam, ’19, bought her first camera, was accepted into a film festival, got her first paid videography gig, and worked as a producer. Not bad for a year.
When Walker Brown, ’16, founded Lubanzi, he wanted to bring more South African wines to America and support the country he says “took hold of him and never really let go.”