Founder and Executive Director, UPchieve

Aly Murray is the Founder and Executive Director of UPchieve, a nonprofit that provides free, 24/7 online tutoring and college counseling to low-income middle and high school students across the U.S. To date, UPchieve has reached over 60,000+ students nationwide and received funding from leading foundations such as the Gates Foundation.

Aly’s personal experience as a low-income student drives her to fight for a world in which all students have an equal opportunity to achieve upward mobility. Raised in a low-income, immigrant household by a single mom, Aly struggled to navigate the college application process and ultimately enrolled at a local community college after high school. Six years later, she was able to graduate summa cum laude with a degree in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, Aly worked in Equity Derivatives Structuring at J.P. Morgan for two years before leaving to work on UPchieve full time. 

For her work on UPchieve, Aly has been featured in TIME and on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Education. Aly is also an active member of Impact 100 NYC, a women's philanthropy network that pools members' donations to make multiple $100K grants to local nonprofits each year.