Founding Year: 2005
Grades: 9–12  |  Grades Active: 9–12
420 East 12th Street
New York, NY 10009

The Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women fosters the development and growth of young women who are socially conscious and think independently. The school prepares them to become business leaders by exposing them to many areas of business and a variety of career options, and teaches them how to compete and succeed in a diverse, ever-changing business environment.

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SBYW students participated in a school-wide public speaking competition hosted by Time Warner.
Students participated in Smith Barney’s stock portfolio curriculum and presented stock portfolios to financial advisers at Citigroup’s headquarters.
The school has an Agents-of-Change community service program that includes such events as an AIDS Walk, NYC Cares Day, and several School Clean-Up Days.
Students attend monthly power luncheons exposing them to professional workplaces and career women and, as part of an etiquette curriculum, a dining etiquette luncheon at the National Arts Club.


Address: 420 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10009
Principal: Patricia Minaya  |  (212) 475 1071  |  fax (212) 475 1739
Partnership coordinator: Amy Stein  |  (212) 475 1071
www.uasbyw.org


Catalyst
CityKids Foundation
Fashion Institute of Technology
Girls Inc.
Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
New York Federal Reserve Bank
New York State Department of Banking
NYU Stern School of Business
Smith Barney
Time Warner Women’s Network