alumni impact

Alumni Impact: Cassidy Delisle

January 19, 2024

By Sarah Johnson, Outreach and Student Services Manager
At Yestermorrow, we believe in investing in our people. We first met Cassidy Delisle as a student in our weekend Intro to the Woodshop course, and just a couple years later she was already teaching that same course for us. We interviewed Cassidy to learn more about her journey from beginner to mentor in the woodshop, as well as her...

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Alumni Spotlight: Alex Pojdenic

November 26, 2018

By Chrissy Bellmyer, Operations Director

Taking a leap of faith, Alex Pojdenic (NBC 2018) quit his job in an effort to refocus time and attention full-time on the things he was passionate about .Personally and professionally, his goals began to align when he enrolled in the Natural Building Certificate during the summer of 2018.

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Cameron McMahon: Marine, Student, Entrepreneur

October 17, 2016

By Chrissy Bellmyer, Operations Director
Marine, Student, Entrepreneur
In 2012, I completed my service to the United States Marine Corps Infantry. Thanks to the GI Bill, I was finally in a place financially where I was able to pursue my plans full time.  I had heard of Yestermorrow for years and even helped a friend tow an outhouse that a class built over the Ap. Gap to their home. Admittedly, I didn’t...

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Matt Wolpe: Combining Design/Build and Social Justice

January 17, 2015

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Bronx urban farm

Matt Wolpe, co-owner of Just Fine Design/Build in Oakland, CA, finished his Yestermorrow internship—an intensive six-month “work and learn” experience—in 2008. That experience allowed Matt to complete a selection of courses that have made him “able to carve out a satisfyingly wacky niche of work that would not have been possible without the springboard of Yestermorrow.” Since leaving Yestermorrow, matt has worked to combine his design/build interests with education and social justice.

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