The School-To-Career Pipeline
Empowr teaches high school students in under-served communities the engineering, coding, and AI skills to create technology that solves real problems on their own block.
100% of our students go on to college or a skilled career, earning an average of $200,000 in scholarships.
Real Work Experience
Students complete paid internships at world-class organizations.
Mary Ellen-Wiltrout
Director of Blended and Online Initiatives, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“What started as an impromptu pilot program from a conference conversation turned into an extremely meaningful experience for my MIT Digital Learning Lab colleagues and myself to work with these talented Empowr students in the summer. The Empowr student interns gained skills, confidence, and had concrete work outputs in courses that thousands of learners use each year.”
WHY WE EXIST
Millions of talented students often lack the opportunity to achieve their potential, and the problems in their community go unsolved by those who understand them best.
Empowr brings the solution. We give high school students the engineering, coding, and AI skills to build and deploy solutions their community owns and operates. They graduate with industry certifications, paid internship experience, a portfolio of real deployments, and an average of $200,000 in scholarships. Our students graduate ready for college, apprenticeships, or a six-figure career.
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The Pipeline
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Learn
Students master engineering, coding, and AI through a multi-year curriculum built by engineers.
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Build
They design and deploy community impact projects that tackle real problems like food insecurity and healthcare access.
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Earn
Paid internships at real companies put income in their pockets and experience on their resumes before graduation.
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Launch
100% go on to college or a skilled career, with an average of $200,000 in scholarships.
Results
100% of alumni are accepted into college with an average of $200,000 in scholarships.
Empowr students graduate within the top 10% of their school.
By earning paid engineering internships, students often more than double their household income at the age of 16.
