Apr 7, 2021 By: yunews
“Give Back While Learning About the Vicissitudes of Entrepreneurship” read the invite to an unusual mentorship event on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, hosted by the Shevet Glaubach Center, the Sy Syms School of Business, the YU Office of Government Relations and the Uptown—West Bronx Vanguard.
The latter is a group organized by U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, congressman for the district including Washington Heights and Inwood, to develop a community response to the COVID crisis within his district in areas of mental health, public health and small business and nonprofit development. Read more»
Jonah Loskove ’22SB, who is majoring in finance and minoring in English literature, decided to heed the call, and for the last several months, he worked so diligently to help small businesses located in the district apply successfully for the latest round of funding for the federal Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, that he received a special commendation from Rep. Espaillat for his efforts.
YU News managed to catch up with Loskove to talk about his background, what motivated him to do this work and what he learned about himself and the community.