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Trying something new: from science to art
It’s not often we get the opportunity to try something new outside our career focus. Jasmine Gong got to push herself outside her comfort zone in her internship with Jenny Lemons in the Fall of 2022. Photos of the various products sold at Jenny Lemons Jenny Lemons is an arts and crafts boutique located in…
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The Inside Scoop: Refuse Refuse
Climate Career Corps intern Felix Lin talks about his illuminating experience interning with Refuse Refuse. Refuse Refuse San Francisco has been our partner since 2022. They are a grassroots organization dedicated to cleaning up the streets of San Francisco through organized volunteer efforts and policy activism. Enterprise for Youth departmental intern Tiffany Liang shadowed Climate…
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Babylon Burning: Dedicated Partner since 2018
On December 5, 2022, our partner Babylon Burning was nearly destroyed in the wake of a devastating fire. Since its conception in 1976, the locally owned and run print shop has been a monument to, and a promoter of, authentic San Franciscan culture, creating some of the first shirts for groups such as the Sisters…
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Immigrating to the US and Finding Work
[Enterprise for Youth] has been the best experience I ever had because I did not think that I would go so far at my young age.”– Lesli Meija de Paz, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) intern, 2022 Donate Today Lesli Mejia de Paz became independent at the age of 15. “I separated myself from my parents and…
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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,…
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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…
