Diamonte Walker to lead new Pittsburgh Scholar House

PITTSBURGH — After the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh announced she was leaving a few weeks ago, Diamonte Walker has returned as the inaugural CEO of the Pittsburgh Scholar House, a new-to-town nonprofit organization.

The Pittsburgh Scholar House is an affiliate of the Family Scholar House based in Louisville, Kentucky, an organization dedicated to helping “income eligible single parents earn four-year degrees as a two-generation strategy to enable economic mobility” in Pittsburgh.

Walker said in a prepared statement: “An intentional focus on higher educational attainment is needed to address Pittsburgh’s protracted poverty and economic mobility issues. The data informed two-generation model has repeatedly demonstrated successful academic and life outcomes for families. Those outcomes translate to addressing the solvable, but real challenges adult learners with children face when pursuing higher education. I am honored to lead the Pittsburgh Scholar House as we take a humanistic approach to poverty mitigation by elevating the voices of these scholars as they become thriving college graduates.”

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