Veronica Franklin started her career at Riis Settlement as a tutor in 1997, and has since climbed the career ladder to a leadership role overseeing all youth programming at the Riis Academy-Queensbridge campus. This includes elementary, middle, and teen after-school programs, as well as summer camp and holiday/weekend programming. In her tenure at Riis Academy, Ms. Franklin has helped improve youth’s performance in reading and math, maintained high program retention rates, and has helped create a true continuum of services so students can remain at Riis Academy from elementary through high school. Ms. Franklin is the recipient of a PASEsetters Award, an NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Service Award, and a Bank of America Local Hero Award.
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