Serving the Pittsburgh Somali Bantu Community Through Tutoring Since 2004
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Name: Morgan Buck
Position: Co-President
Year: Senior
Major: Applied Developmental Psychology
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Morgan has been tutoring with Keep It Real since her freshman year, and her favorite part about the club has been seeing the kids in her family grow over the last two years. Morgan originally joined Keep It Real because of her interest in elementary education, and has since become involved with the Center for Urban Education and various non-profits serving children around Pittsburgh.
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Name: Andrew Eschrich
Hometown: Hanover, Pennsylvania
Position: Co-President
Major: Human Resources & Public Service
Year: Senior
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Andrew has been tutoring with Keep It Real since his freshman year. Andrew attributes his interests in traveling, foreign cultures, African studies, and public service to his involvement with Keep It Real. Keep It Real has opened many doors for Andrew through the African Studies Department, including a summer internship working at an orphanage in Uganda. Andrew is happy to be a part of Keep It Real and states that his involvement has been the most rewarding experience for him at Pitt.
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Name: Maria Ali
Position: Fundraising Chair
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Indiana, PA
Major: Human Resources with Arabic certificate
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Maria joined Keep It Real freshman year and it has been her favorite part of Pitt. Getting to see her family is a much needed break from campus and she loves helping the kids. She feels like she is making a difference, and its a simple wonderful way to improve the world as a single person. She also says all the people she has met through the club have been insightful and she has learned a lot from them.
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Name: Kris Keppel
Position: Communications Co-Chair
Year: Sophomore
Major: Bioengineering
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Name: Adwoa Imbeah
Position: Arsenal Chair
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Year: Sophomore
Major: Psychology and Africana Studies
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Adwoa has been tutoring with Keep It Real since her freshman year. She enjoys watching the family she’s tutored grow up over two years. Her involvement in Keep It Real has influenced her interest in working with immigrants and refugees in the future, studying abroad in Senegal one day, and adding a major in Africana Studies and certificate in African Studies.
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Name: Bari Rosenfeld
Hometown: Yardley, PA
Position: Co-Special Events Chair
Major: Economics and Urban Studies with a Global Studies Certificate
Year: Senior
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Tutoring with Keep it Real has been the highlight of Bari’s week since her freshman year when she first joined the organization. However, this will be her first year on the board. For her, Keep it Real has been an amazing opportunity to meet incredible people and get acquainted with the rich cultural diversity within Pittsburgh. She has had the privilege of tutoring several different Keep it Real families throughout her four years and can say that without a doubt, each family has taught her something new and broadened her world view.
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Name: Annisa Chaudari
Hometown: Rochester, New York
Position: Communications Co-Chair
Major: Political Science and Economics with minors in French and History and a Global Studies Certificate
Year: Junior
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Annisa has been tutoring with Keep It Real since her sophomore year. She loves getting to take a break from the stressful world of tests and papers to spend time with the family she tutors. Seeing their smiling faces every week always puts her in a good mood and leaves her looking forward to going back. She believes it is a mutually beneficial relationship and they have helped her grow as a person and further realize the importance of being an active and meaningful member of society.
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Name: Hunter Skroczky
Position: Business Manager
Hometown: Jackson, New Jersey
Major: Anthropology
Year: Junior
Hunter has been tutoring with Keep It Real since her Sophomore year. Keep It Real has been an amazing experience for her to share her love of learning and finds it very rewarding to see how Keep It Real has impacted the community as a whole. Going to tutoring is something she looks forward to every week and has allowed her to form relationships that have changed and broadened her cultural view. She hopes to be able to apply this new understanding to her future career and by becoming more of an activist in her community.
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Name: Gwenn Petrillo
Position: Co-Special Events Chair
Hometown: Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Major: Psychology and Sociology
Year: Senior
I joined Keep it Real the first semester during my freshman year of college and I never expected it to have the impact that it has on my life. Being a part of this club is eye opening to a completely different way of life, and the way these families welcome you into their homes and extremely humbling. I have been honored to be a part of these kids’ lives for the past 3.5 years and cannot thank them enough for the memories!
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Meet the Board!
