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Unlock Your Dream Future: How The JA Career Exploration Center© Can Help
Feeling Unsure About Your Career Path? Discover How the JA Career Exploration Center© Can Guide You! Are you wrapping up high school or embarking on your college journey and feeling uncertain about your career path? Don’t worry, we’re here to help! Whether you’re just starting to explore your options or…
Lighting The Way: Key Takeaways JA’S Empower Her Summit
In a time when the call for gender equality in professional realms grows louder, initiatives like the Empower Her Summit stand as beacons of hope and empowerment. This year, we hosted two events – our flagship event, held at Carlow University and presented by PPG, and our northwest event, held…
Rewriting the Narrative and Reclaiming the Future: 2024 18 Under Eighteen Presented by EQT
18 Under Eighteen: The Beginning As Generations Z and Alpha begin to come of age and write their narratives, a subset of individuals are already making a name for themselves and creating a better world. Recognizing and uplifting these young leaders is the basis of our 18 Under Eighteen initiative,…
Meet Gabby Blacka – Entrepreneurship Advocate and JA’s New Learning Experience Manager
Junior Achievement of Western PA (JA) Learning Experience Manager Gabby Blacka has had an interest in entrepreneurship for as long as she can remember. “It sounds silly now, but when I was a kid, I would bake for family events and receive payment in return,” said Blacka. “Although I was…
JA’s Commitment to Celebrating Educators with Dr. Emily Levine, JA’s 2022 Teacher of the Year
Junior Achievement of Western PA’s (JA) commitment to education goes beyond the students of our region. Although our programming directly impacts students K-12, we believe supporting educators is just as important to our mission. From easy-to-implement programming that meets state standards to contests and events, we aim to incorporate this…
Student Spotlight: Quinn Komar’s 18 Under Eighteen Experience
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: QUINN KOMAR’S 18 UNDER EIGHTEEN EXPERIENCE My name is Quinn Komar, and I’m from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Johnstown is located about an hour and a half east of Pittsburgh, with a population of only 19,000 people. This is why I was so surprised when I found out I was…
