Meet Omar C.
Business Administration graduate
“Chess is a metaphor for life, 64 squares on the board, infinite opportunities.”
Business Administration graduate Omar Cunningham sees the game of chess as a metaphor for his life – chart a plan, make the right moves and good things will happen. A prodigy of the game from a young age (his expert-level play took him across the country for tournaments), Omar has used that strategy to conquer addiction and homelessness in his young life, and he’s now thriving with the help of some great mentors and the community he found at Hudson Valley.
Omar will receive the Willie A. Hammett Student Services Award and the Norman R. McConney, Jr. Award for Student Excellence, for the top student in the Educational Opportunity Program.
A Fall 2023 graduate, he is continuing his education at the University at Albany.
