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Meet Ruby! She is a tree-hugging coder who is passionate about design and the environment. When she’s not enjoying the outdoors, she’s deciphering endless lines of code! Ruby believes in not only taking care of mother Earth but also oneself.

Building and letting your creative juices flow is fun! This week TechHireLA took a tour around the fascinating Two Bit Circus grounds. During the tour, students learned about Two Bit’s beginnings and their involvement with the community via events such as STEAM Carnival.

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Watch Mayor Garcetti highlight the Los Angeles Promise Zone
in his State of the City speech this morning

Ilene Garcia, a teenage student at the STEM Academy in Hollywood, drew loud cheers when she spoke of her experience growing up poor in Los Angeles. Born to a single mother who has worked as a janitor in the city for two decades, Garcia said her family has been forced to move at least five times in recent years while struggling to cover rent.

Los Angeles Times | April 9, 2017

Issues of collaboration, co-location,
and contested education spaces are international. 

This has been the learning of a group of educators and policymakers from LAUSD schools in YPI’s Los Angeles Promise Neighborhood who traveled to Northern Ireland in January and are this week welcoming teachers and administrators from Queen’s University in Belfast to classrooms in L.A.

Spotlight is a space where we highlight our TechHire participants and their interests. If you would like to learn more about hiring TechHire graduates or becoming a TechHire student contact us at TechHireLA.

Meet Nisa! She is a dedicated coder who tackles life with excitement and the passion to learn and pass on her knowledge. When she’s not building and taking her synthesizer apart, she’s breaking down endless lines of code!

California has the highest rate of child poverty in the nation. Join us to end child it.

LOS ANGELES, April 3, 2017  —  Assembly Bill 1520, the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act, challenges the California State Legislature to cut child poverty in half statewide over the next two decades. It’s a tall order—California’s poverty rate among children is, by many measures, the nation’s highest. But thanks to a comprehensive framework of research-backed solutions that form the foundation of AB 1520, communities across the Golden State are beginning to rally behind the legislation.

Spotlight is a space where we highlight our TechHire participants and their interests. If you would like to learn more about hiring TechHire graduates or becoming a TechHire student contact us at TechHireLA.

Meet code master Eddie! He is a young and passionate coder with a desire to be the best. When he’s not grooving to merengue on the dance floor he is busy crafting websites which showcase his graphics design background.

Last Sunday, 29 runners proudly ran the Los Angeles Marathon to raise awareness—and funds—for Youth Policy Institute’s Promise Scholars program. Take a look at Team YPI’s journey.

Fixed to Finish: From cradle to college and career, we support students so they can achieve. https://t.co/aWn2GSRe7f 🏁 #whywerun #LAMarathon pic.twitter.com/H9JN6PefIF

— YPI (@YPIusa) March 14, 2017

Youth Policy Institute has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Ballmer Group, as part of the first Los Angeles philanthropic investments by Connie and Steve Ballmer. The award will strengthen YPI’s place-based approach to fighting poverty, including the Los Angeles Promise Zone and the Los Angeles Promise Neighborhoods.

LOS ANGELES, March 1, 2017  —  “The Ballmer Group is honored to support Youth Policy Institute’s work toward improving the lives of low-income children and families in some of Los Angeles’s highest-need communities,” said Nina Revoyr, Executive Director-Los Angeles, The Ballmer Group. “By leading initiatives such as the L.A. Promise Neighborhood and L.A.’s first Promise Zone, YPI is demonstrating how public-private partnerships and systems change efforts can have a far-reaching effect on children’s futures.”