about Brooklyn
Ivy League
Brooklyn Ivy League provides elite career education directly to the consumer. You can expect resources on topics such as networking, resume, cover letter, personal branding, interviewing, MBTI personality assessment, applying to graduate school, and more.
Founded by an expert career educator and someone who had to pioneer her own college and career journey, Victoria Passarella launched Brooklyn Ivy League out of experiences she had working in career education in the Columbia University community. Victoria saw a contrast with the excellent resources available to elite students and alumni for navigating the world of work, compared to the lack of awareness of everyone else. Originally from Brooklyn and the daughter of an immigrant, she understood that most people do not have access to professional career education. She was motivated to start a company that would provide the larger society with insider knowledge previously only available to the limited few from exclusive organizations. Today, Brooklyn Ivy League offers resources to democratize access to quality career development.
founder, Victoria passarella
Victoria Passarella has over 15 years of experience as a career strategist, workshop facilitator, editor, and public speaker, with extensive experience in creating programs to provide communities and individuals opportunities to learn how to strategically take their goals to the next level.
Prior to founding Brooklyn Ivy League, she worked in roles such as Associate Director of Student and Alumnae Career Development / Career Counselor at Barnard College of Columbia University, Experiential Education Program Counselor / Career Counselor at Columbia Center for Career Education, and Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development / Career Counselor / Internship Preparation Seminar and Sociology Adjunct Professor at Adelphi University.
Victoria earned a Master's in Organization and Leadership with a focus on Adult Learning and a Master's in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University, where her coursework covered a variety of topics, for example Staff Development and Training, Leadership and Self Development, Facilitating Adult Learning, Developing and Managing Adult Learning Programs, and Theories of College Student Development. Her Bachelor's is from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Victoria's professional development has been with organizations including Women's Campaign School at Yale University, Vote Run Lead, Athena Center for Leadership Studies, and American Association of University Women. She is also a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator practitioner and trainer.
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