At AF, being yourself is always in fashion. For AF Fashion Week, we celebrate the teachers and leaders who make up the fabric of Achievement First.…

We asked scholars like Ma’Leiah to tell us about some of their Black heroes from the past and present. Check out their stories! “I really like Mae…

Shaliyah is an 8th grader at AF Bridgeport Academy Middle. When I was growing up in New York, I saw only two black teachers the whole time. I…

Anthony Rosario is a member of our External Relations team at Network Support. Anthony (left) and his family when he was a child. When I was…

Jennifer and some of her scholars dressed for their Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Jennifer Efflandt is a founding teacher at Achievement…

DiCo, left, with students from the AF Brooklyn High Speech & Debate Team on Senior Signing Day. It’s nice that LGBTQ people have a special…

  Naiema Carolina is the founding director of school operations at AF Aspire Middle School in Brooklyn. I have always lived up to the…

William T. Saunders is a ninth-grade composition teacher at AF Hartford High School. It may sound cliché, but when I hear “Black History,” I…