Iza Benedicto

As Coordinator for Internships and Career Success, Iza supports college Fellows to secure internship and summer opportunities and helps ensure Fellows flourish at their respective colleges. Before OppNet, Iza worked as the ACT Coordinator at College Track, a college access program helping students of color from low-income communities graduate college. As an alumna of the program, she was eager to give back to the organization that provided her access to opportunities. Iza is a Gates Millennium Scholar and holds an M.A. in Educational Leadership Policy and Advocacy from New York University and a B.A. in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley.