The TEAK Fellowship
Victoria Navarrete-Ortiz is the Founder and Chapter Secretary of the University of Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA UPenn) since December 2024. Additionally, Victoria serves as the Chapter Recruitment and Retention Advisor for Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. and has been a TEAK Fellow with The TEAK Fellowship, which supports underserved NYC students over a 10-year academic enrichment program. Previous experience includes serving as a Contingent Advisor for the Apollo Opportunity Foundation and completing a Marketing Internship at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where responsibilities included enhancing attorney LinkedIn profiles and contributing to an AI-related SEO project. Earlier roles featured positions such as Teen Advisor Co-Chair for the Girl Up Teen Advisory Board and Co-Founder of the Phillips Academy chapter of Diversify Our Narrative. Victoria holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a High School Diploma from Phillips Academy in June 2023.
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The TEAK Fellowship
The TEAK Fellowship believes that motivation and potential, not economic circumstances, should determine a student’s future. TEAK unlocks access to outstanding education and transformative experiences for exceptional NYC students, who use these opportunities to change their lives and the world around them. TEAK is a free program that helps talented students from low-income families achieve their potential. Through intensive after school and summer classes, TEAK prepares middle school students to get into the nation’s most selective high schools and colleges. TEAK’s strong support system ensures that students thrive in their independent (day and boarding) high schools and graduate from college, ready to pursue their professional goals and positively impact the world.