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,...
[video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://www.lapromisefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Words-of-Wisdom-From-Nickelodeon-1.mp4"][/video] 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...
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 Leslie Aaronson Starting a new semester can be just as nerve-racking for teachers as it is for students. How do you engage a roomful of young people both in the learning and as part of a broader class? Check out these 3 tips for how...
By Isaac Kim I was a freshman in my second semester at West Adams Preparatory High School when Robin Kurtzman, a member of the LA Promise Fund board, pulled me out of class. I had never met Robin before. She was not part of the school’s...
When Aaron Solorzano started at West Adams Preparatory High School in the 9th grade, he knew he was supposed to get good grades, but he didn’t know to what end. Luckily, he found 9th grade easy; he did get good grades, and with those grades,...