For nearly 30 years, Barbara Jones Jones has been dedicated to serving the students for Mercy College. Jones Jones started her career at Mercy as a STEP (Science & Technology Entry Program) coordinator in the fall of 1994. Over the years, she was promoted to director of the STEP Program; wrote a grant to get CSTEP (Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program) back to Mercy; and then became director of HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Program), thus becoming the first director of the CSTEP, HEOP and STEP programs at Mercy. Jones Jones retired from Mercy College in December 2022.
Over her career, she served thousands of students and maintained and increased funding for the programs by over 400%. She motivated nearly 1,000 high school students to realize their potential and continue to Mercy, and hosted over 200 STEP Saturday Academy classes for 7th to 12th grade students, earning her recognition as a changemaker across Westchester County.
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