PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Marisa Mitchell, Executive Director of HYPOTHEkids
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Marisa Mitchell, Executive Director of HYPOTHEkids, expresses strong support for the Innovation East project at 455 First Avenue, highlighting the potential benefits for their educational programs and the local community.
- HYPOTHEkids has an existing partnership with the project developers, which has already provided valuable opportunities for students.
- The organization anticipates that Innovation East will help expand their impact through internships, speaker series, and space for STEM programs.
- Mitchell praises the Innovation East team's commitment to community engagement and their willingness to support educational initiatives.
Marisa Mitchell
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Hi.
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I'm the executive director of Hypothe Kids.
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We provide low income and underrepresented New York City public school students of all ages with hands on education, training, and internship opportunities in science and engineering, setting them on a path toward academic success and well paying careers.
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I'm thrilled to express our support for the Innovation East project at 455 First Avenue.
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We have already established a robust relationship with the developers of this project, and we're excited to continue this partnership at Innovation East.
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At another of, Taconic's life science developments, Westend Labs, we've benefited, very much from their generosity.
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They've hosted our educational and training programs.
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They provided lab tours to public high schoolers that expose them to high-tech work environments and career paths, and they've donated space for our major fundraiser, which allowed us to direct more of our funds toward helping towards serving students in need.
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We anticipate that Innovation East would help expand the impact of Hypothecage in similar ways.
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For example, assisting with internship host recruitment among the building's life science tenants to give high school students real world work experience and the leg up and hosting a speaker series with life science professionals from the building, and, providing space for hands on stem programs for our elementary students from the community, including those in public housing.
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From the beginning of our relationship, HyProthecants has been very impressed with Innovation East team's care for the surrounding community and their willingness to take time out of their workdays to help our students learn and grow.
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We're confident that when this project comes to fruition, they'll demonstrate the same level of commitment to helping those residents who could most benefit
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