Our Talented Colleagues
This colleague completed the Broad Street Run for the first time in 2025.
This two-sentence, five-word phrase is PEF's new tagline, as of September 2025.
What is, "Sparking Success. Fueling the Future"?
PEF has built a network of support and opportunities for students since this year.
This colleague has just 2 states to go before she's visited all 50.
Who is Farah Jimenez?
This colleague loves to cook vegan specialties.
Who is Mel Kadar?
This colleague has a side hustle as a knitter.
Who is Allison Kelsey?
112 PEF scholars received this much in financial aid last academic year. (Guesses should be to the nearest thousand.)
What is $550,000?
Students who attend Philly's open-enrollment high schools proceed to college at this percentage rate.
What is 38%?
This colleague was just 30 miles away from the Mauna Loa volcano when it erupted in 2022.
This colleague once had three pet rats.
Who is Kelsey Smith?
This colleague takes adult gymnastics classes.
Who is Stacey Sandle?
This program's Action Teams include on-time high school graduation, on track to college graduation, and data & evaluation.
What is CASE?
These tenets underscore the heart of PEF's work (name at least one).
What is:
- Direct support for students;
- Career exposure with a STEM focus;
- College counseling;
- Last Dollar scholarship;
- Support for persistence through degree completion?
This colleague has visited 19 countries, and counting.
Who is Isabella Bowker?
In middle school, this colleague collected Absolut print ads.
Who is Liz Isanuk?
This baker has gotten really into making breads and pizzas.
Who is David Garbe?
This program offers access to the Lenfest Immensitas Scholarship for college room and board, among many other services.
What is Fostering College Readiness?
A college degree increases median lifetime earnings by this much money.
What is $1.2 million?
This colleague can correctly label a map of Africa in under two minutes.
Who is Madeline Birkner?
This colleague is still a devoted Gray's Anatomy fan, 22 seasons in.
Who is Erica Perez?
This tap dancer has danced since age 7, and attended Philadanco.
Who is LaToya Winkfield?
A PEF alumna had a "full-circle moment" when she welcomed two groups of CAP students to campus in her role as admissions counselor at this local university.
What is Penn State Abington?
PEF staff members who want a refresh on the PEF Style Guide would go to this folder in the SharePoint. (The answer should name the terminal folder.)
What is 2025 Branding?
This published author's work has been translated into French, Spanish, and Italian.
Who is Mike Noel?
These two colleagues don't just have a PEF department in common - they also share a love for photography.
Who are Liza Rangel and Briana Nelson?