Impacting lives for 53 years: Alumni speak out
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT “Early on, I got a picture of what professionalism looked like. I had a good work ethic heading into college.” – Andrea Flores, Enterprise alumni and donor Andrea Flores gained valuable early work experience with Enterprise that she still remembers to this day, over 30 years later. Through Enterprise, Andrea worked for a real estate company,…
Giving Youth the Freedom to Explore
We talked with Enterprise youth Baijian Xie about his summer internship at BAVC, during which he wrote and produced a short film as part of a team. Baijian pictured above What was your first job? Why did you choose it? And how much of a choice was it? For most teens and young people that…
The Inside Scoop: Old Navy Headquarters
Career Experience intern, Aja Bhooma, discusses his time interning for Old Navy Our Program Assistant Jonathan Takeda sat down with Aja Bhooma and chatted about his experience interning at Old Navy Headquarters. For the second year, Old Navy HQ welcomed a group of Enterprise interns as part of their ONWard HQ program. Gap Inc. is…
This Way ONward: From First Jobs to Career Rockets
Lamiya Cotton says that her goal in life is “to be the most fashionable person on the news.” At the age of 19, as a current communications major at the University of San Francisco with a few Old Navy internships under her belt, she is well on her way. Supported by community partner Enterprise for…
Learning about Greening the World: Youth Essay Winner
This past August Enterprise for Youth hosted our first op-ed competition as part of our Climate Career Corps internship. In this competition, youth were encouraged to read and respond to the book Girls Who Green the World: Thirty-Four Rebel Women Out to Save Our Planetby Diana Kapp. Abraham Lincoln High School senior Sherwin Li is…
Fertile Ground for Growth
The inaugural summer of Climate Career Corps employed 250 youth Climate Career Corps interns worked in green jobs this summer completing a total of 17,700 paid internship hours. 193 youth worked in San Francisco parks in their first year in the program, and 43 youth interns worked in a portfolio of green organizations and businesses.…
