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Redefining college access and guidance for all young New Yorkers.
Portrait of Cielo Villa

Winner

Cielo Villa

Redefining college access and guidance for all young New Yorkers.
Portrait of Cielo Villa

Year

2020
“LACK OF INFORMATION IS A BARRIER TO HIGHER EDUCATION. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS HARD TO SUCCEED.⁠”
Cielo Villa
2020 David Prize Winner

Publication

Forbes

Women Are Leading The Tech Nonprofit Sector. Meet Six Solving Problems They’ve Lived.

Cielo Villa will never forget getting dropped off on her first day of third grade. She had just immigrated to the U.S. and didn’t speak English. Her mother said to her: “Be the best in your class…
“Road to Uni creates leaders like nothing I’ve seen before — leaders with the experience to effectuate real change.⁠”
Kyle Lambert
Student, Stanford University, Class of 2024

Publication

Kume House

S2E8: Becoming an Entrepreneur with Cielo Villa

This week we speak with Cielo Villa, a trailblazing entrepreneur with a bold vision to revolutionize college access. Cielo is the founder of Road to Uni, a free online resource that acts as a supercharged and hyper-accessible…

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