Christine Sylvain

About Christine Sylvain

I am the Founder and CEO of the Path to College Fellowship, whose mission is to secure the acceptance of as many hard working, low-income students into top-tier universities as possible. My vision is to answer and address one of society’s most urgent educational inequities: access to higher education. At my core, I love the art of storytelling across multiple mediums especially at the intersection between history, politics, and literature. I have a Master of Arts in Journalism from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Political Science from the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University, and I began my career as an associate producer of documentaries for broadcasters such as PBS and HBO. I worked on “Hecho a Mano,” a film which won an Emmy in the cultural and historical documentary category.I first realized my passion for educating and mentoring adolescents through my experience running the Journalism Department at a charter high school in Riviera Beach, Florida. Since then, I have been on the front lines of guiding and encouraging bright students to apply to selective universities. Most importantly, I have a deep understanding of some of the systemic challenges holding our best and brightest back from achieving the highest levels of their academic potential. Path to College is the way beyond these obstacles for the most overlooked and most hardworking students.

Experience

1. CEO and Founder

   Path To College

   Jan 2017 — Present

   This program provides entrance exam tutoring, opportunities for academic enrichment, career preparation, volunteering, and personal development for low-income, high-achieving students in Palm Beach CountyServe as a strategist and a leader guiding the flagship academic Fellowship program in the planning, development, execution, and delivery of preeminent college readiness programs and services, while also implementing its vision, mission, and long term goalsRecruit, hire, retain and conduct regular reviews of students, mentors, staff, and college prep ambassadors performance.Secure the acceptance of as many high-achieving, low-income students to top-tier universities as possibleCreate and maintain a vision of quality student academic support services by developing, implementing, and assessing course-specific tutoring programsTrack progress toward student, team, and program performance measures on monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting cycles. Set benchmarks, evaluate outcomes, and drive continuous improvement initiatives based on data and researchEnsure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of administration, communications, and systems

Education

• Florida State University - Herbert Wertheim College of Business

  Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit Executive Program

  2020

• New York University

  Master of Arts - MA, Journalism

• Florida Atlantic University

  BA- Wilkes Honors College, Political Science, Women's Studies

  2002 — 2006

• New York University

  MA, Journalism

  2008 — 2010