Bay Ridge resident graduates from Derek Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation
A Bay Ridge resident has followed the Jeter.
Eighteen-year-old Derek Hernandez, who is planning to attend Quinnipiac University this fall, was one of four Brooklyn seniors that graduated from the Jeter’s Leaders program, an initiative from Derek Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation established by the former New York Yankee and five-time World Series champion in 1996 to help youth overcome negative influences, lead healthy lifestyles and serve as agents of positive social change.
Hernandez, who started with Jeter-related foundations when he was eight years old, found out about the program while playing baseball.