Yvonne Hunter ’21
Company / School: Office of the Mayor
Position / Degree: Youth Partnerships Manager
Overview
Youth Partnerships Manager, NYC Service, Office of the Mayor
New York, NY
- BA, Sociology, Vassar College
Yvonne Hunter (she/her) is the Youth Partnerships Manager at NYC Service, a division of the Mayor’s Office centered on organizing volunteerism and service in New York City. As a program manager, she sits at the intersection of three major sectors and works closely across all of them—government, corporate, and nonprofit. Yvonne’s work focuses on bringing schools and youth organizations together with business partners to run workforce development programs. Prior to this job, she worked in learning and development/HR at a corporate law firm for three years, and as an afterschool teacher in Washington Heights with Global Kids.
Advice to Students:
Be open to many different kinds of roles in your first few years out of school—don’t worry too much about not getting the perfect job immediately! You will spend those years learning the essentials of office life and how businesses/organizations run, which will help you wherever you go. As long as you can point to a through-line across your work experiences, like a passion for education, research, or communications, you will develop the skills and demonstrate the interest needed to propel you to where you want to end up.
