Nyisha Carter

“Ginny Donohue and On Point for College work miracles.”

With an AAS in accounting with honors from Herkimer Community College, Nyisha is the first person in her family to graduate from college. She now works for Onondaga County’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), where she helps people who have issues with heating and electric during the winter.

Nyisha and several of her friends founded a nonprofit organization called TEAM ROCK, which stands for Together Everyone Achieves More Through Respect, Organization, Commitment and Kindness. The program mentors young girls and women, ages 8-18, through a variety of fun activities, with a focus on staying on the right track in life. TEAM ROCK has received grants from Wegmans and the Gifford Foundation.

Nyisha is grateful for the supplies, rides to and from college, and caring guidance she received from On Point. “On Point was there for me when I was homesick, and that meant so much,” she said.