More than four thousand five hundred young women from public schools across Southern California and nationwide will come together for a special virtual event on Thursday, October 15, the LA Promise Fund’s annual GirlsBuild Virtual Summit. This year, GirlsBuild has partnered with Michelle Obama’s When...
byte, the world’s fastest-growing doctor-driven direct-to-consumer invisible aligner company, has announced a partnership with the LA Promise Fund through its byteCares program, benefiting high schools in South Los Angeles. Byte kicked off the program at its first-ever virtual ByteDay on September 4, featuring byte Dental...
Summer always flies by, but TIP’s momentum seemed especially unstoppable this year! All internships were under way by week 6 and the second half of the TIP program shifted its focus to career readiness events, including a second Career Day, a Virtual Mock Interview Day,...
When Martin Bros., a Los Angeles-based construction and engineering firm, decided to partner with TIP and take on 10 interns for the summer, no one anticipated COVID-19 would make meeting in-person all but impossible. But Heather Powen, Director of Marketing and Community Relations, rose to...
By Nico Rosario What do tacos, soap, and fly swatters have in common? The Intern Project (TIP) interns will soon find out as they repurpose their homes into makeshift laboratories for LA Trade Tech College’s (LATTC) Applied Sciences department this summer. When Dr. Artemio Navarro and Dr....
By Nico Rosario, Associate Director of Career Pathway Connections “I’m all about social justice, I’m all about impact, I’m all about creating spaces for communities of color, people who are unrepresented in tech, women, women of color, just really trying to be that person that keeps...
The LA Promise Fund stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and all marginalized communities that have faced injustice and inequity for too long. We have been enraged and heartbroken in the recent days and weeks by the tragic killings of Rayshard Brooks, George...
Dr. Nicole Johnson joined LA Promise Charter High School in South LA in February 2019 as the Dean of Student Culture. Fast forward to June 2020, when her students have been home for almost three months and are grappling with COVID-19 and the aftermath of...
Girls Build teams across the country have been meeting the challenge of staying connected and engaged in their efforts to address a community problem even while apart. One team, the Radical Rosies from King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine & Science, has gone above and beyond,...
By Scarlett Park, countywide program manager For Girls Build teams, there is no challenge too big or daunting to try and tackle. To combat the high incidence of harassment and sexual assault in California’s San Fernando Valley, the Girls Build Team at San Fernando High School...
The Intern Project (TIP) was launched by LAPF Co-Chair Megan Chernin in 2014 to connect high school students in Los Angeles with internships that would give them a window into the professional world and pay them in the process. We’ve had over 300 interns over...
Zenas Sinclair is a graduate of CSU Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). He attended our Hello Future Career Fair in October, and connected with our CEO Veronica Melvin. We’ve been in touch with him since, and here is his story - how Hello Future changed his career...