The ACE Mentor Program Helps Prepare High School Students for Careers in Design & Construction

The ACE Mentor Program is a not-for-profit organization that helps prepare high school students for careers in design and construction through mentoring by industry professionals. Our mission is to engage, excite and enlighten high school students to pursue careers in architecture, engineering, and construction through mentoring and to support their continued advancement in the industry.

ACE Greater New York serves students in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County.

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Student Participants

Registered for the 2020-23 program from over 320 high schools in the Greater NY area.

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Mentors

Registered in the 2022-23 season from over 130 different architecture, engineering, and construction management firms.

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Mentor Teams

Participating in our 2022-23 season. Each team consists of a mix of mentors from across the different design and build disciplines and 20-30 students.

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in Scholarships

Each year ACE Greater NY awards scholarships to seniors participating in our program. In total, ACE Greater NY has awarded over $2 million in scholarships.

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The Student Experience
I truly love the ACE Mentor Program because it helped me reveal my true potential. My spectacular mentors guided me through challenging parts of the project and always gave me positive feedback. The mentors were extremely generous and after their usual long day of work, they would cheerfully welcome me to the afterschool program with a wide smile on their faces. ACE has taught me a vast amount of skills needed in order to become a powerful female leader in the engineering field. This program has offered me an abundance of strategies and techniques to help me thrive not only in my future career, but in life itself.
- Scarlet Astudillo (Team 51), Senior, Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction (New York, NY)

2022 Mentor of the Year - Benjamin Lindner

We are thrilled to announce Benjamin Lindner as the 2022 ACE GNY Mentor of the Year! Ben is a Senior Associate at E4H Architects, and the Team Leader for Team 5. Ben was nominated for his exceptional leadership and commitment to his team and the program. He has continued to grow as a mentor and team leader over his 6...

College Series - Muhammad on College of Staten Island

Beginning in 2021, the ACE GNY Ambassador Program tasks ACE GNY Alumni at popular architecture and engineering colleges with being a resource on campus for new students. Leading up to our College Fair on 10/19, Ambassadors have written up blog posts about their colleges for prospective students to read through before meeting colleges at the fair. College of Staten Island...

ACE Mentor Program National Programs

The ACE Mentor Program of America has 70 affiliates in 37 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

About ACE Greater NY

Founded in 1994 by a group of leading architects, contractors and engineers in New York City, the program has served more than 77,000 students nationwide and over 14,000 students in New York alone. Today, more than 13,000 students and 4,100 mentors participate in ACE each year in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

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