Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in 2024!
Our non-profit provides high-touch college and law school admissions advising to students of all backgrounds, races, and income levels from former admissions deans, directors, and professional writers. We specialize in working with first-generation and marginalized students who are less likely to enroll in higher education and more likely to take on excessive debt if they do. Through generous donations, we provide our services for free or at cost to low-income students applying to college and law school. We also provide continued support to our students in school to make sure they graduate and gain employment.
We are creating a new generation of Barrier Breakers®!
Barrier Breakers®, Inc. is dedicated to increasing access to and success in higher education for first-generation students and others with barriers to accessing education.
Founded by Sydney Montgomery, a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, our 501(c)3 non-profit provides financial assistance, educational resources, consulting, and ongoing mentorship for higher education applicants and students.
OUR IMPACT ☼
OUR IMPACT ☼
“Every person I’ve touched within the organization, you can tell the love and care they give for just wanting to resource their students and resource every community they touch. ”
Your support takes us one step closer to equity in higher education.
Here are just some of the many schools our students have been accepted to:
We believe in the power of first-generation graduates!
At Barrier Breakers®, we offer free continued guidance to all our students throughout college and law school. Our founder, Sydney Montgomery, believes passionately that first-generation graduates need to be supported in order to reach their full potential professionally. You can see her TEDx talk: First-Generation Graduates Drive Business Success here!