Meet Fifi, Girls Build LA Mentor and Engineer
By Fifi Buchanan “Wow, a female engineer! That is impressive.” I hear this often, but I look forward to a day when it isn’t impressive....
14 March, 2017
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Announcing the #PST:LA/LA Teacher Launch
Are you an educator with an interest in the arts? Would you like to learn how to incorporate the arts into your curriculum?...
10 March, 2017
10,000 Girls Convene to Watch Hidden Figures
What an amazing day. By 8:30 am, thousands of girls were streaming through the USC Galen Center’s gates. The auditorium filled up, and then...
12 January, 2017
meet melissa, star pupil and young mother
West Adams is home to 1,500 high school students – young, vibrant kids who study subjects from calculus to American history, practice cheer after...
21 November, 2016
MEET NADIA, ENGINEER-IN-TRAINING
We have launched Girls Build LA - Year 2. Stay tuned for updates! Nadia was one of the young women to win last year’s Girls...
12 September, 2016
CATCHING UP WITH FULLSCREEN CEO GEORGE STROMPOLOS
This summer, The Intern Project (TIP) connected 52 high school students from public schools across LA County to paid internships at prestigious firms...
18 August, 2016
MEET PEDRO, OUR SPACEX INTERN
Each of the three summer interns (Stephannie, Ian, and Pedro) featured in The Intern Project series has a unique and inspiring story. These kids...
26 July, 2016
INTRODUCING THE INTERN PROJECT
This summer, 52 lucky and very dedicated LA County high school students are embarking on journeys they might never have taken without The...
02 July, 2016
INTERNS: YOUR COMPANY’S FUTURE BRAND AMBASSADORS
By Ryan Scott, CEO of Causecast As seen in Forbes...
27 July, 2015
Why #ArtsMatter
By Shepard Fairey I was honored and proud to be a part of the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education's #ArtsMatter public art project...
03 November, 2014
MENTAL HEALTH IS KEY TO LEARNING
By Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas When former Los Angeles Lakers star Metta World Peace (formerly known as Ron Artest) visited a local high school in my...
24 September, 2014
THE INVISIBLE CIGARETTE BURNS
I want to talk about a couple of kids you may know. One is a third-grader, and he's not the easiest student in the...
15 July, 2014