Our mission at Breakthrough Greater Boston is to inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college and promote careers in education. We prepare low-income students for success in college and in life while also training the next generation of teachers using a unique Students Teaching Students model. Through our ten-year program, students gain a passion for learning and the perseverance and tools to succeed in college and beyond. Teaching Fellows gain intensive in-classroom experience, expert training and 1:1 coaching. Founded by MacArthur Genius Award winner Angela Duckworth in 1992 in Cambridge, we expanded into Boston in 2013, followed by Somerville in 2018. Annually, Breakthrough serves as many as 750 students (and counting!) and trains 150 Teaching Fellows.