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Powerful, first-hand stories and personal reflections from the front lines of the Opportunity Movement.
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Bay Area
Alumni
Christian Rubio: A Winning Recipe for Career Success
Christian, who works as an Associate Insights Analyst at LinkedIn, finds creative parallels between cooking and coding.
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Greater Atlanta
Staff
Paola Garcia: A Passion for Inclusion
How Paola’s Firsthand Experience Shaped Her Career at Year Up
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Share your remote-work success story: Slack & Year Up
Year Up is proud to partner with Slack to enable the future of remote work.
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Dallas / Fort Worth
Alumni
The Power of Vulnerability: Daniel Silva
How this Year Up graduate went from barely making ends meet to a Corporate America career.
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Puget Sound
Alumni
Passion and Perseverance Lead Joseph Griffin to Amazon
“I told myself, ‘I’m going to give it 100 percent and I’m going to see where it takes me,’” Joseph said of his Year Up internship.
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South Florida
Alumni
Sights Set High at Amazon: Luis Alameda
Opportunities for growth and continuous learning keep Luis striving for career progress at Amazon.
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