Stories of Impact | Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City

“I’m convinced that what Junior Achievement is doing is going to change the world.” Daniel Smith, a Kansas City media creator, shared following his first visit to the JA Youth Learning Lab, presented

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

"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

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