Torey Berndt | Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City

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

"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

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

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

"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