Author: Alex Berg

  • An Amazing Healthcare Panel Visits the Career Exploration Program Youth

    An Amazing Healthcare Panel Visits the Career Exploration Program Youth

    Written by Lindsey Chun and Cameron Louie, Enterprise Program Assistant Interns. The Enterprise for Youth Career Exploration Internship Program hosted an exciting Healthcare Panel. The healthcare industry is a continuously innovative field with growth potential. Professionals ranging from medical device entrepreneurs to pediatricians came to this event to share their path from undergraduates to where…

  • Be Savvy, Be Gritty – Career Advice from the Art Industry

    Be Savvy, Be Gritty – Career Advice from the Art Industry

    Written by Elizabeth Ouyang, Program Associate – Alumni Liaison. Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Enterprise for Youth Career Exploration Art Panel to hear from six professionals. Through the panelists’ advice and experiences, I noticed they all have strong habits of mind that have guided them in their lives and careers so…

  • Congratulations to our 2021 Career Exploration Internship Graduates!

    Congratulations to our 2021 Career Exploration Internship Graduates!

    Written by Mario Cruz, Youth Development Director. Congratulations to our 2021 Career Exploration Internship Graduates!  We had 49 youth from the San Francisco Bay Area complete their 4-week job-readiness training and Career Exploration Internship. Having a big group made our graduation ceremony at Golden Gate Park extra special as this was the first time we…

  • Youth Empowerment Through Chocolate

    Youth Empowerment Through Chocolate

    Written by Luz Aguirre Ramirez, Program Manager. This summer we partnered with twenty-seven organizations and businesses in San Francisco for our External Career Exploration Program. These partnerships have granted opportunities to 46 young people to work this summer doing what they love best: being creative, engaging in important work, and spending their summer learning new…

  • Heroes at Work – Planning the After Party

    Heroes at Work – Planning the After Party

    Written by Josh Ko, Youth Workforce Development Manager. The youth stayed for the Heroes at Work afterparty hosted by Youth Council! There is so much to celebrate after our momentous Heroes at Work event—seeing our youth shine and celebrating them for starting their exciting, interesting internships this summer. I wanted to highlight what happened right…

  • Ceres Conference on Climate Change – Enterprise for Youth interns Share their Experiences

    Ceres Conference on Climate Change – Enterprise for Youth interns Share their Experiences

    Written by Interns Minnie Yu and Kathy Dao. Through our partnership with Parnassus Investments, two Enterprise for Youth interns were able to attend the Ceres Conference where hundreds of institutional investors, corporate executives, policymakers, and regulators called for the urgent, necessary, and achievable actions we must take today to transform tomorrow. Learn more about their…