Alumni

Rocky started with college however ended up maintaining an excellent position at an up-and-coming restaurant. He found his curiosity of cooking while working with Chef Alynn at New Roots throughout the years. He loved working all of the spaghetti dinners and helping...

Dante Herbel, graduate of the New Roots Class of 2022, is currently a sophomore at SUNY Geneseo. He is pursuing a double major in Sustainability Studies and Adolescent Education, with a concentration in History. Looking back on his years at New Roots, Dante reflected...

New Roots alum Dax Simitch Warke, member of the first New Roots graduating class in 2012, earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Allegheny College and then continued on to graduate school, earning an MFA in Visual Communication Design from the...

After her graduation from New Roots in 2016, Rosy attended Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In 2020, she graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in plant evolution and systematics. While at Cornell, she also taught tree climbing for Cornell...

“The inspiration I received at New Roots has helped me to approach new challenges in creative ways, and helped me to feel at home at Babson College, which is the #1 entrepreneurship college in the US.”

“New Roots helped me explore my interests and think about where I want to go in life.”

“I remember discovering the activist within myself at New Roots. Many institutions attempt to silence their students in an effort to keep the peace, whereas New Roots encouraged individuality. My resistance was not disbanded but encouraged when I saw the need to stand up or for something, which encouraged me to carry on with that determination.”

“When I went off to college I felt very prepared. Some of the most important things I learned at New Roots that served me well in college were how to work in a group and how to pursue my own academic interests.”

“I always wanted to find a career that would help people, that would make a difference. New Roots helped me see that doing environmental work would be the best use of my skill set to accomplish this, and it gave me a head start in the field before college.”

“New Roots helped me explore my interests and think about where I want to go in life.”

Irene Case is attending Ithaca College, majoring in Cinema and Photography with a concentration in cinema production.

“My college level and advanced courses in my senior year, particularly David’s Chemistry course, have helped immensely to prepare me for the intensity and challenge of being a college student.”

“New Roots helps students think more about their surroundings, and is very good at working with the individual needs of students in order to help them learn…”

Siera Ellis graduated from SUNY Cobleskill with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science. While working on her degree at SUNY Cobleskill, Siera studied abroad in Poland, Austria, and Germany, and completed an internship in her field. With her passion in Animal Science,...

“My New Roots experience gave me a real understanding of how to work in college through the many college-level courses.”

Will Morgan completed an AAS in electrical engineering at TC3 and will be transferring to either Binghamton University or SUNY Polytechnic in the Fall…

“New Roots encouraged me to step up and ask questions, and to volunteer for opportunities that I might otherwise have felt unqualified for.”

Antonio credits New Roots with giving him the opportunity to take on the challenge of being a college student.

“New Roots offered a whole different style of learning. I have been able to discover which environments I learn and work best and what my passions are.”