Pathway to Lifelong Success
Navigate the Maze to Achievement empowers Black and Latino students to access and excel in New York City’s most selective high schools. Through academic preparation, mentorship, and holistic support, we equip them to thrive in high school, succeed in college, and pursue meaningful careers—advancing educational equity and economic mobility.
DID YOU KNOW?
In New York City, Black and Latino students make up 66% of all public high school students but less than 11% of students in specialized high schools.
Pathway to Success
Who are our Navigators?
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Navigators exhibit the ability to be focused and self-guiding on academic tasks; tenacity at approaching challenging assignments; the desire to brainstorm, share creativity, and tackle solutions with their classmates; a sense of empowerment by their choices; and confidence in their decisions.
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Eighty-five percent of our navigators come from households earning less than a living wage, as defined by MIT’s Living Wage Calculator. Thirty percent of Navigate’s students are first-generation children.
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Navigators are high-academic performers with scores of 3s and 4s on their state assessments and at least an 85 average in their core subjects. These students thrive on academic rigor and often already have an idea of their educational paths beyond middle school and high school.
A DREAM REALIZED
“After 18 years of working in the DOE, I can finally say that two of my students were admitted to my alma mater, and I could not be more excited. Some of the other students Navigate worked with got into really great schools as well, including Townsend Harris, Bard, and Midwood. I look forward to continuing our partnership with Navigate to get more of our students into these schools.”
Jermaine Lewis, Principal, M.S 935 Brooklyn Brooklyn Technical High School ‘99 Morgan State University ‘03