Joshua Steckel

Joshua Steckel is a college counselor at a public school in Brooklyn. He was selected as a thought-leader for the White House’s Reach Higher initiative and is a board member of various organizations dedicated to increasing opportunity in higher education. Steckel co-authored Hold Fast to Dreams: A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty (The New Press) with his wife, Beth Zasloff. Zasloff and Steckel are married and live with their three children in Brooklyn. Their work on college access has been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, and on NPR.

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News and Reviews

Washington Monthly

Washington Monthly reviews Hold Fast To Dreams.

City Limits

Joshua Steckel and Beth Zasloff emphasize the importance of college counselors in a piece for City Limits

The New York Daily News

The New York Daily News profiles authors Joshua Steckel and Beth Zasloff alongside former students

The Leonard Lopate Show

Joshua Steckel and two former students are interviewed on the Leonard Lopate Show

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Books by Joshua Steckel

Hold Fast to Dreams
A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty

Beth Zasloff, Joshua Steckel