NYC Kids RISE
Sarah Momen is currently working as a Project Manager in the Communications and Marketing department at NYC Kids RISE. Prior to their current role, Sarah held positions at Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Center for Reproductive Rights, NORC at the University of Chicago, Yunus Centre, Institute of International Education, Olof Palme Peace Foundation International, and Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations. Sarah has a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Sociology from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology from Fordham University.
NYC Kids RISE
The NYC Kids RISE Save for College Program provides families, schools, and communities with a way to work together to save for their children’s futures. It’s a scholarship and savings program designed to make college and career training more accessible and achievable for all NYC public school students, starting in kindergarten—regardless of their family’s income or immigration status. By providing upfront scholarships for every eligible student, tools and information for families to develop their own college and career savings plans, and a way for entire communities to invest in their children, the Save for College Program enables all of us to work together to build assets and support expectations of educational and economic success for every child. In school year 2023-2024, every kindergarten, first grade, and second grade student enrolled in NYC public schools (including participating charter schools) is eligible to participate, no matter their family income or immigration status! In geographic District 30, every kindergarten through fifth-grade student in the 39 pilot schools is eligible to participate.