YES Stories

Melissa Scheve (she/her) is originally from Kansas. As a first-generation college graduate, she became interested in education after experiencing the kindness of her middle...
 
Josie Steuer-Ingall (’24) grew up in New York City’s East Village. She spent much of her childhood playing at East River Park in Lower Manhattan. In 2021, the park was razed...
 
Lisbette Acosta (she/her) is a junior studying Psychology from La Vega, Dominican Republic and Newington, CT. Growing up, Lisbette supported many members of her community in...
 
Richard Lemons has spent the last three decades working in and around public education. He began as a high school teacher in North Carolina, then became a literacy coach in...
 
Carla Horwitz is a faculty member of Yale Education Studies, the Yale Child Study Center, and the Department of Psychology. She was Director of Calvin Hill Day Care Center...
 
Today, we’re shining a spotlight on Steven Morales: a Yale class of ’13 graduate from New York! While at Yale, Steven (he/him) was in Branford College and majored in...
 
Eamon Goucher graduated from Yale in 2022 with a degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B). As a first-year, he had no idea that he wanted to study...