Every year, NYPL's College and Career Pathways program organizes the Intensive College and Career Access Network (ICCAN) program. The  program is open to students in 10th–12th grades to give them intensive assistance in developing a pathway for their desired postsecondary goals. This program, which takes place from October through the end of May, assists students with many facets of the college and career application process.

While participating in this program, some of our alumni ICCAN students have achieved significant accomplishment which we've highlighted below If you are a teen living or going to school in New York City, we hope that these teens inspire you to consider participating in the ICCAN program.

Applications to the program for the 2021-22 school year are still open, and you can find more information about applying to the program here.

Skye Lam, 2020 ICCAN teen, Van Cortlandt Library

Skye, who completed his first year as an ICCAN student in 2020 with the Van Cortlandt Library, recently won the 2021 ArcGIS Online Competition for US High Schools and Middle Schools for his "Mapping the Green Book in New York City" project. Per Elizabeth Paldino (the College and Career Pathways YA Librarian at Van Cortlandt), "he used resources from the Schomburg Center's digital collection" to create this incredibly in-depth resource. 

Issac Teoh, 2020 ICCAN teen, Tompkins Square Library

Issac, who completed his first year as an ICCAN student in 2020 with the Tompkins Square Library, was accepted into the 2021 Alexander Hamilton Scholars Program—an empowerment program that provides mentorship and guidance, and helps students build a network to support them through their postsecondary career. Issac used the ICCAN program's 1-on-1 guidance sessions to work on his application for the program. Read more about Issac on the Hamilton Scholars website.

Enlik Tagasheva, 2019 ICCAN teen, Van Cortlandt Library

Enlik, who participated as a high school senior and graduated in 2019, was the recipient of a $15,000 New York Times Scholarship. She is now a student at Bard College. Read more about Enlik and her award on Bard's website.

Fareedat Abubakar, 2019 ICCAN, West Farms Library & Titilola Omoladun, 2019 ICCAN teen, Mariners Harbor Library

Shortly after they completed the ICCAN program in 2019, Fareedat and Titilola were hired by NYPL as pages at their respective College and Career Pathways Hubs! They've both recently completed their first year working for the Library.