Nashalie Robledo

Nashalie was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. She moved to the Bronx, New York when she was a few months old and has resided there ever since. She graduated from the Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters in the year 2018. Throughout those years, she was highly involved in her school community through participation in extracurricular activities from sports to student government to Junior State of America, a nationally recognized debate team. She was even a founding member of IntegrateNYC, a youth-led organization that stands for equity and justice in our schools, further fostering her desire to do more for our New York City public schools and students beginning at a young age. Upon graduating from Bronx Academy of Letters, Nashalie attended SUNY New Paltz where she graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Sociology concentrating in Criminology as well with a minor in Black Studies.

As a first-generation student, Nashalie focused rigorously on her studies allowing her to obtain dean’s list with honors for four semesters consecutively. In addition, she was inducted into Chi Alpha Epsilon (XAE) National Honor Society in the Spring of 2022. She is an honorable member of the Beta Omicron Chapter. During undergrad, Nashalie continuously made it her priority to stay connected to Bronx Letters. She would frequently participate in College Signing Day as a panelist and served as an example to the student body that you too can do anything that you set your mind to. This led her to being nominated by her former high school college counselor to become a Bridge to College Coach for the Urban Assembly. She maintained this position for two consecutive summers working directly with both UA Bronx Academy of Letters and Law, Government and Justice college-bound students. Nashalie believed that as a mentor and perhaps a counselor herself one day, she can make an impact in someone else’s life as it was done for her. She is now the current college advisor at the College Access Center and is looking forward to making higher education a reality for students from the Bronx. In her spare time, she likes to cook, hang out with friends, read and self-care!