The 2010 contest will begin in September, check back then!

 

 

1st Place: Andre Simon $2,000
High School for Youth & Community Development, NY

 

 

2nd Place: Charles Onyenemezu $1,000
Duval High School, NCR

 

 

3rd Place: Michael Rodriguez and Zabdi Rodriguez, $500
Miami Senior High School, Florida

 

 

Honorable mention: Pedro Chavez
East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy, Northern California

 

 

Judges Panel

Don Cheadle, Celebrity Judge

-Two time writing coach Don Cheadle is College Summit’s founding spokesperson. Most recently, the award-winning actor spoke about College Summit as his charity of choice in In Style Magazine.

Gail Steinberg
-Gail Steinberg has produced and created talk, news, and reality television programming for the last 30 years. Among the shows that she has produced are “Donahue,” “CBS This Morning,” “Sharon (Osbourne),”  and “Star Jones.” With producing partner Garth Ancier, she created “Ricki,” which she executive produced for the first ten of the eleven years it was on the air. She currently is developing two, new talk projects for 2011 launch. A former English teacher, Steinberg strongly supports the efforts of College Summit.

Jose Rico

-Jose Rico works as Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Education, where he specializes in elementary and secondary education.

Daniel Garcia

-Daniel completed the College Summit program in 2007, and has since come back as an Alumni Leader Coordinator. He enjoys visiting his old high school, Huntington Park, where he helps spread college going culture. He attends East Los Angeles College.


Kristen Fries

-Kristen Fries is the Senior Program Officer for the Citi Foundation, our Connect2urFuture sponsor organization.