Employer Partner Spotlight

Uptown Dental is a small family practice and has been a dedicated partner to Hostos, hiring six English language learners from our medical and dental training programs. Students are currently working in entry-level roles as Dental Assistants and as Dental Front Office staff earning an average salary of $20 per hour plus benefits.

In 2022, the Hostos Community College Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) has continued to collaborate with partners across the five boroughs to connect CEWD students with reliable, high-paying jobs in their certificate industries. This Winter, the CEWD team was delighted to see the success of students such as recent Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) Program graduate Wendy Ballinas, who started her CDA career off as a Dental Assistant with employer partner Uptown Dental in Washington Heights, New York.

As a long-term partner, Uptown Dental continues to be critical in providing students with career services, professional development and supporting campus partnership events. Passionate about nurturing student development, Uptown Dental has focused on providing opportunities to individuals with barriers to employment and investments towards their development in an effort to improve the career and economic mobility of our students.

The CEWD team was excited to see students such as Allison Canamero, Gisello Tlapanco, and Boubou Kamara who benefited from our partnerships with Phipps Careers Network –Healthcare and The Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Train & Earn programs and are working at Uptown Dental in entry-level roles.

As our partnership with Uptown Dental continues to evolve, we plan to invite them to serve as a key stakeholder by providing curriculum input and serving as a future clinical site. In support of this mission, the Uptown Dental team encourages Hostos students to apply to postings on the career platform Symplicity and respond to other outreach.