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A Career In GIS: How To Create More Opportunities For The Next Generation

January 10, 2024
Whether for water quality, conservation, governance, stormwater management, resiliency, or a host of other needs, geographic information systems (GIS) are in demand, presenting an excellent opportunity to grow — and diversify — your workforce. Geographic information systems (GIS) is a field that has become an essential tool in many industries, and the skills required to […]
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Iyana Scores Full-Time Job and Completes GED Program Within Weeks of Each Other

January 2, 2024
Iyana is a focused, driven, and very ambitious young professional who joined Hopeworks in May, ready to accomplish big things! Since then she has completed her training and internship while initially having an outside part-time job and overcoming burnout during those first few months. Iyana started the GED program while completing her internship and expressed […]
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Edwin Ready To Take On Huge Opportunity With Holman

January 2, 2024
Congratulations to our very own Edwin Llabreras who has just been hired full-time by Holman as a Service Coordinator. Edwin was introduced to Hopeworks in his senior year of high school through our dual enrollment program. He went to school for 2 days a week while being at Hopeworks for the other 3 days, so balancing the […]
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Feel Good Story of The Month: Desmond Riley

November 30, 2023
Earlier this month, we had a pop-up visit at our Camden headquarters from a very special guest! Desmond Riley is a Hopeworks alumni from the early 2000’s where we started in a small row home in North Camden. Desmond just happened to be walking down Market Street when he saw our sign on the window […]
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Campbell’s Provides Cybersecurity Course Scholarship to Hopeworks Senior GIS Team Lead Lily

November 30, 2023
Talk about impact, opportunity, and paving the way! We want to send a special thank you to the amazing folks at Campbell’s, Brian Roberts, Martin Bally, and the entire Infosecurity team for this kind gesture they have passed along to Lily. During a Listen and Learn event here earlier this month, Brian and Martin announced […]
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Michelle Tran Joins Holman As A Developer Analyst

November 30, 2023
Congratulations to our very own Michelle Tran who has just been hired full-time by Holman as a Developer Analyst. Michelle joined Hopeworks looking to change careers. She was previously in the healthcare field; after spending several years in the field, she decided she wanted to pursue tech. Michelle came to us already having a solid knowledge of […]
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Nathaniel Makes 4th Hopeworks Young Professional to Join UPS!

November 1, 2023
We are sending a HUGE congratulations to our very own Nathaniel Ellison for recently landing a full-time position with UPS. Nate is a diligent, engaged, and hard-working young professional. He recently graduated high school and is also looking forward to enrolling in college. On his journey to finding this position, Nate has faced several setbacks […]
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Nafis Joins Vanguard IT Department!

November 1, 2023
Nafis joined Hopeworks only 4 months ago, after hearing about the program’s results with so many young professionals attaining high-paying full-time jobs. A recent high school graduate, Nafis has goals of venturing into the tech or web development field and has gained an interest in the IT field during his time here. He was recently […]
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Dymir Is One Step Closer To Reaching Real Estate Empire Goals!

November 1, 2023
Congratulations to our very own Dymir Akins who has just been hired full-time by Watchtower Property Co. as a Lead Office Administrator! Dymir is one of our previous dual-enrollment students who has recently graduated high school and looking to move into a career in real estate. Earlier this year, he won 1st place in our Business Pitch Competition and […]
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Darius Reaches A Turning Point in his Hopeworks Journey

July 31, 2023
Darius joined Hopeworks only 4 months ago with his sights set on beginning a career in social work with children. A student at South Philadelphia High School, he successfully balances his time between school, Hopeworks training, family, friends, etc while keeping a smile on his face. Darius is a hard worker, visual learner, and loves […]
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