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Intern to APEC Delegate: Dominick’s Enterprise Journey
“I don’t feel like a lot of people my age have a seat at the table where these choices are made so I felt honored to be [at APEC]. … [The attendees] were even excited to see a youth at the event.” During the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) held in San Francisco this fall,…
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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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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.…
