Andrea Schorr

1994

Andrea Schorr

LEAP, Inc.

http://www.leapforkids.org

New Haven, CT, United States

Education & Youth Leadership

The Bold Idea:

Andrea received a fellowship to create a computer lab-equipped literacy center for LEAP, which at the time was a start-up children's service organization. The literacy center was initially housed in a separate building and is now integrated into LEAP's main program facility which also contains a health center with swimming pool, classrooms, and a children's library. LEAP recently celebrated its 15th anniversary and over the years has earned awards from the Drucker Foundation and the Children's Defense Fund, among others.

Biography:

Andrea is currently a 2nd year Global MBA student at George Washington University, concentrating in entrepreneurship. Prior to graduate school, she was the Operations Director for Blue Ridge Foundation New York, a venture philanthropy fund that incubates start-up nonprofit organizations in New York City. Andrea has been a founding manager of two nonprofit social ventures: Groundwork, Inc. in New York City and LEAP, Inc. in Connecticut. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University.