BOSTON – A Boston non-profit is helping hundreds of college students make higher education more diverse and accessible through networking events.
Helping students gain graduate degrees
Leadership Brainery is a non-profit focused on increasing access to higher education to increase diversity in leadership roles.
They hosted the sixth annual Graduate School Summit and Change Can’t Wait Awards event on Saturday, allowing students to access admissions mentoring, test prep sessions, a recruitment fair, financial support, headshots, and more.
“When you think about our lawyers our doctors, our dentists, our psychologists, 80% of our US Senate has a graduate degree. Our leadership in our country is made up of folks who have attained the highest level of education, so they can have the highest levels of leadership and the highest levels of influence so that’s why it’s so important,” Leadership Brainery Co-Founder and Executive Director Derrick Young said.