Elmo Urbina, a 51-year-old Latino, recently participated in MEDA’s Mission Techies IT, a free course that equips community members with the skills to start or advance careers in the IT support field.
Elmo Urbina, a 51-year-old Latino, recently participated in MEDA’s Mission Techies IT, a free course that equips community members with the skills to start or advance careers in the IT support field.
Introducing Jhovani Manzanares, a tech enthusiast from the vibrant Mission District. From his humble beginnings as a curious technology lover, Jhovani’s journey has led him to become an instructor for the Mission Techies IT program, changing the lives of many.
Dedicating our work to those in San Francisco’s Mission District, we see first- hand the tenacious spirit of women working day in and day out to provide a stable and flourishing life for themselves, for their families, and in the community.
“Get ready to generate immediate impact. There’s a need to create a pipeline for diversity in tech,” explains MEDA Workforce Development Manager Marisela Perez-Ruiz of the exciting challenge awaiting her team’s new technology training coordinator, once hired to spearhead the Mission Techies program. This free twelve-week program puts young adults (ages 17 to 24) on the pathway…
Graduates: 138 out of 154 (a 90 percent rate). Working in tech jobs: 74. Gone on to post-secondary education: 49. Those are the powerful numbers of MEDA’s free Mission Techies program since its pilot just three years ago. It’s a program positioned to scale up. MEDA initially received a grant from San Francisco’s Office of…
Dec. 5 to 11 is Computer Science Education Week. The goal: to share an “Hour of Code” in middle and high schools as part of a global event held in 192 countries. Knowing that coding skills can launch a great career in tech, Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy’s Thea Smith Nilsson brought Microsofties volunteer Miguel Juárez López…
Each month, the Mission Economic Development Agency honors one of its dedicated volunteers — the people who are an integral part of MEDA’s ability to provide free services to low- and moderate-income Bay Area residents. Thanks to all of the selfless MEDA volunteers who choose Plaza Adelante as their second home. Name: Jessie Rubalcava Program: Workforce Development/Mission Techies Intern Why…
Last Thursday, a packed room of proud family, friends, partner agencies and MEDA staff joined to celebrate the graduation of the summer 2016 cohort of Mission Techies. The Mission Techies program – part of MEDA’s free Workforce Development – teaches IT essentials of hardware, software, networking and coding. Attendees also celebrated an innovative social enterprise model…
Abraham Velazquez’ immigrant mother couldn’t afford to buy her teenage son the computer he coveted. So she offered some maternal advice: mow lawns and save up enough money for such a purchase. The result was one-too-many sweltering days in the summer heat of Chicago leading to the buying of a basic PC, with Velazquez’ adolescent…
MEDA’s twelve-week Mission Techies program – part of MEDA’s free Workforce Development – teaches IT essentials of hardware, software, networking and coding. As participants learn these skills, they then refurbish low-income Mission residents’ computers, at no cost. It’s a way of paying it forward via an innovative social enterprise model that is part of the…
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