August 2022 | Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City

August 2022 | Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City

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Lirel Holt, the founder of CARSTAR, has been his own boss since age 21 - starting with his JA experience at Raytown South High School. JA inspired Lirel to create and launch CARSTAR

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"Before JA, I knew my family and friends believed in me. Now I know Ms. Megan, my JA mentor, believes in me too." "In Junior Achievement, our class had to pick a future

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As he sat through his first class at Mill Valley High School, Hawkeye Mitchell pondered what his future career path might be. He uncovered a burning passion for finance when his teacher introduced

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"I bake a lot and my friends do too. I thought, what if we sold what we made to raise money for the Australian bushfires?" So Samaiyah took what she learned in Junior

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Katie Dearing, an educator and Junior Achievement alumna, chose her career based off the inspiring role-models in her youth. "My teachers influenced me a lot. I had teachers I really connected with who

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Kai Somasegaran, an eighth-grade student at Oakhill Day School, shared how his Junior Achievement experience expanded his horizons. "The Junior Achievement career fair gave me an insight into what different jobs would be

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"As a freshman at Northeast High School, my economics teacher utilized the JA curriculum. That opened my eyes to opportunities in the banking industry and helped me identify my career interests. I don't

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August 1, 2022 - Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City is thrilled to launch a collaboration with Charlie Hustle for their new communi-TEE design. The new design takes the iconic and favorite KC