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Education has always been a big deal within the Gittens family. Being that both of his parents were at one point educators, Reyon Gittens was constantly being pressured to do his very best. It began in Guyana, South America where he was born. Reyon attended a series of private schools before entering into the public school system.
For years he managed to stay at the top of his class receiving the highest honors and medals of achievement at the end of every term up until he migrated to the United States in September of 2004 upon which he attended Maggie L Walker Middle School. This is when he started to fall behind. At first, it wasn’t anything significant but after a while, the lack of focus began to show. Reyon’s report card started to look like the interstate highway speed limit. He graduated middle school and was accepted into Louis D Brandeis high School. He started off strong and then after a while of being too socially involved, it was back to doing the interstate speed limit. still having the wit and charisma that Carried him through middle school, Reyon excelled socially but soon fell behind academically. He went from receiving high honor certificates to promotion in doubt letters. It was time for a change. Something had to give.
Reyon started putting in tons extra hours in his assignments and studies. The turning point at last. It began to show. Astonished teachers sang his praises as he rose to the top. And on June 26th 2011, it all paid off. It was a bright sunny day at Columbia university’s beautiful auditorium where it seemed as if his name echoed through the room in a melodious hum. Reyon Gittens. Cheers bellowed from the crowd as he made his way to the stage. He did it. He graduated. In spite of all that went wrong, he pulled through. And now it was time for the last leg of the race. Reyon was accepted into New York City College of Technology where he decided to major in Hospitality Management.
His goal in this major is to excel in culinary arts and receive the qualifications and truing to be the owner, proprietor and chef of his very own restaurant. And with a little extra effort like the one needed to make it through high school, Reyon will succeed.

Kelly Williams is a very ambitious young lady, who was born in Guyana on the 2 August 1993. She is currently studying towards achieving her goals in life, one among which is to manage her own hotel. Over the years she has acquired some helpful traits to help her be successful in her school life, such as being cooperative, patient, punctual, and how to apply and engage herself in class discussions.

she is very determined to become someone important in life. fortunately enough for her, Kelly started her academics at a very young age, with much help from her family members and other people who believed in her. At age 5 she attended Graystock Nursery School, earned her certificate then continued onto Nappi Primary School. Upon the completion of primary school, it was required that she take a Caribbean Exam if it was her dream to go to high school since the community she resided in didn’t had the resources and people for a high school. Kelly’s persistent and constant high grades did pay off because she was awarded a scholarship to attend a high school in the capital city of Guyana, and with great pleasure she continued her education, which finally brings her to where she is now.

Kelly comes to New York City College of Technology to seek assistance from the knowledgeable personnel’s to help and guide her in the right direction to accomplish goals. After thorough research, she was convinced that City Tech was the right college for her, and she is currently enrolled in her major which is Hospitality and  Management. She will be studying for 4 years to obtain her bachelors and eventually her doctorate.

Over some period of time she has received awards for her outstanding work in school, subjects such as Mathematics, English and Economics. Also Kelly tried to keep herself very occupied so as to stay focused, she did job shadowing at hotels and other organizations, which she gained some very helpful insights. She was also awarded a certificate for completing Toast Masters, besides from that Kelly did some volunteer work at pre schools where she thought the students for an entire day. Her favorite things to do are to read about adventurous stories, visit hotels and restaurants, eat cakes and ice creams also making over houses, people whatever is eligible.