The tech training nonprofit, NPower, has announced it is still accepting applications for the fall semester for young adults and veterans interested in taking free virtual training courses in technology.
The NPower Tech Fundamentals Program is a FREE, 23-week training program with virtual instruction. The tech training program begins on September 7th.
NPower is dedicated to removing the obstacles under-served populations face when entering the technology industry while also determining what the industry needs to overcome these barriers to diversity. 100 percent of NPower students are unemployed or under-employed when they begin the program. 76 percent of NPower trainees identify as Black, Latinx or multicultural.
The CEO of NPower, Bertina Ceccarelli, says the team at NPower is proud of their graduates, who tackled the challenges brought by the pandemic while completing rigorous coursework, exams, certifications, and professional development activities.
“Each and every graduate had the ambition to turn their obstacles into stepping stones for a brighter career,” says Ceccarelli. “These young adult and veteran graduates have an advantage, as they take on a tech labor market that continues to grow.”
On July 28th, NPower honored 360 graduates from NPower programs across the country – Brooklyn, Harlem, Jersey City, Newark, Baltimore, Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth, St. Louis and San Jose. (Graduating students and family can watch the ceremony here).
The Chief Compliance Officer of Citigroup, Mary McNiff, served as commencement speaker for the Spring 2021 graduating class.
This was the third NPower class to transition from an in-person to a virtual learning environment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. NPower has seen a 19 percent increase in their graduates this year compared to the first virtual graduation class in March 2020 when NPower transitioned to its first virtual training program.
Teniola Akande graduated from NPower New Jersey in July 2021.
“I started from being a graduate who had difficulties in getting a job to interning at Google,” says Akande. “This would not have been possible without the guidance and support that I got from being at NPower.”
Joshua Murphy is another NPower graduate from Maryland serving in the U.S. Army National Guard and has recently landed a tech position with AeroTek.
“Since completing the NPower program and obtaining multiple certifications, I have taken steps to translate my IT skills and experience in the military into my own business venture,” says Murphy. “I highly recommend NPower.”
Apply Now to Be A Part Of The Fall Class of 2021
The nonprofit organization will continue with its virtual training model as they recruit the incoming Fall Class of 2021. Applicants can apply now on the NPower website. The next class starts September 7th, 2021.
Congratulations to all NPower graduates from the Spring semester 2021.
Graduate Names by Region
California
Ryan Adair
Oscar Aguilar
Usman Amirov
Zachy Anyeneh
Leo Aranda
Adam Benitez
Conrad Blash
Kay Carter
Jane Chen
Oliver Chounlamany
Andres Cifuentes
Alec Clarke
Analicia Corella
Christine Culliinan
Parker Denos
Tommy Do
Adam Duran
Taj Exume
Adeleke Falade
Christopher Gize
Andre Guardado
Gabrielle Hannibal
Richard Henriquez
Jacob Hollen
Brian Huerta
David Johnson
Nassir Kaddoura
Minah Kim
Nathan Partono
Shanise Perry
Reyna Pineda
Levon Randall
Adrianna Ravelaz
Jacob Rodriguez
Edwin Krishna
Feili Ma
Alex Maung
Aimee Millard
Chadford Morris
Daniel Murray
Shahin Najafi
Lynx Rose
Gorkhanath Sah
Jose Salazar
Emanuel Sandoval
Adrian Singh
Hartej Singh
Adrian Soliven
Reginald Stinson
Murtaza Naqvi
Olivia Nash
Huy Nguyen
Sanchit Nigudkar
Olga Novak
Shaughn Osborne
John Parrish
Bernard Thornton
Michael Urueta
Mauricio Valladares
Jesse Wen
Sarah Zhou
Iris Zurita
Maryland
Edward Agyabeng-Dadzie Jr.
Kofi Agyemang
Andrew Akintunde
Tourian Aldridge
Madison Ames-Gilbert
Ronnie Aquino
Irene Ataifo
Andy Ayuk
Fatiha Bakary
Eric Barnes
Boubakar Barry
Dyvonn Bell
Ryan Burns
Chastity Carter
Seneca Chavis
Kendrea Chiosi
Presley Cisse
Zane Cornoyer
Brianna Crockett
Magtanggol Tavion Delrosario
Priscilla Djarbeng
Elijah Ellis
Katriana Esquilin
Tierra Faulk
Kabrien Gaines
Heriberto Eddie Garcia
Genice Gilliam
Alexander Gough
Fares Hamed
Ghani Hanan-Muhammad
Juan Hayes
Tyler Micheal Henderson
Tommy Heredia Hernandez
Asia Hester
Abdulrahim Hiabu
Brandon Ingram
Mariah Iverson
Randolph Johnson
Tiffany Judd
Quilie Kandakai
Anthony Kenny Jr
Marcus Malone
Bryan Maple Jr.
Patrick Martin
Taivonne Mathews-Wright
Sean McCaden
Khyja McCray
Zuole Meng
Joshua Murphy
Colin Ogle
Oluwaseyi Olugbade
Kishi Peart
Solomon Pierce
Rayona Price
Courteney Providence
Amir Ralph
Mario Ramirez
Rebecca Reyes
Jaezon Richardson
Jorge Santiago
Kevin Tambu
Mohammad Ullah
Suany Villatoro
Jasmine Whitaker
Tyler Williams-Page
Michigan
Joshua Ahlstrom
Zachary Anger
Samantha Barrera
Sierra Bentley
Marla Brown
KeShawn Craig
Simon Diratzouyan
Ashley Fallon
Andrew Glynn
Abraham Hamdan
Hoa Ho
Dorian Hughes
Eseroghene Jackson
Jacob Jackson
Carlise Jenkins
Alyese Johnson
Alexandria Jones
Derek Jones
Neeyah Jones
Fatema Jui
Max Kwiecien
Adam Mikolasik
Maxwell Morawa
Darrell Mungo
Percy Nowell
Arturo Omar Pena
Vuong Phan
Daisha Pointer
Robin Redley
T’Kai Savage
Jalen Spires
Alex Spurlock
Emari Tabb
Tristian Turner
Brie Widian
Camron Williams
Hosea Williamson Jr.
Kamrie Woods
Missouri
Justin Albisser
Mohamed Ali
Nyjah Bell
Jazmine Bell
Adlee Amir Benton
Tobias Billings
Rayna Boyd
Brennen Brinkmann
Corey Brogan
Steven Brown
Noah Bruns
Christian Burns
Darran Burnley
Cora De Board
Nola Fisher
Tyler Foote
Chyna Franklin
Celenda Gaskill
Keilah Gilbert
Terrence Griffin
Eduardo Guerrero
Ethan Hahn
Zylanae Henry
Anecia Henry
Audrey Henson
Omar Ismail
Se’ Vonne Jones
Kendall Jordan-DeDeaux
Tyler Kemp
KeAndrea Keys
Breanna Kidd
Raven Krist
Yusef Korkholov
Crystal Lumpkins
Travis Maiden
Elisha McLaughlin
Terron Moore Jr.
Meagan Murray
Tram Nguyen
Kaleb Parran
Antonio Pizzaro
Matthew Poe
Myles Pratt
Antawan Ross
Nickolas Sanguinetti
RaMon Silver
Andrew Smith
Chris Thomas
Dawn Wells
Tre’Shur Willingham
Ty Wilkes
New Jersey
Auborn Abiera
Hiba Ahmad
Teniola Akande
Amber Avila
Kenneth Barber
Jovonne Barclay
Matthew Cittadino
Cristian Cortes
Jermaine Council
Henry Curillo
Jean Derival
Jackie Deshommes
Zohaib Imtiaz
Andrew Kwon
Marshall Lindeblad
Christopher Lugo
Denzel Manongsong
Dariel Marine
Juan Mateo
Aliyah Mohammed
Debra Olurin
Matthew Outeiral
Andrew Park
Salvador Penate
Kaminie Persuad
Ivan Quinonez Jr
Alex Reitmeyer
Rohan Shah
Andrew Souza
Anthony Stadick
Sergey Zabarin
New York
Edward Ajao
Joshua Albert
Syed Ali
Paul Allow
Joy Angbo
Pavel Angon
Jaleece Anthony
Mariah Arzu
Darwin Baez
Jessica Billingy
Malachi Blanchard
Jahhid Boston
Miles Shawn Britt
Arturo Caceres
Leo Chavis
Andrew Cheuk
David Cho
Jake Collado
Dior Cortes
Treon Davis
Rigoberto Delgado-Luna
Mellissa Diaz
Nathaniel Dombrowski
Yuriy Dovhyy
Jeffry Duran
Starlyn Fabian
Eliecel Fermin
Kevin Garvey
Nneke Haley
Davan Harvey
Mahira Hasan
Christopher Hernandez
Alex Huang
Syed Hussain
Salvador Jarquin
Farhin Kapadia
Ascanti Kingsberry
Jordan Kpatchavi
Justen Lam
Kyle Ledbetter
Carol Lu
Fang Lu
Kaylah Mack
Jaime Mercado
Mahad Mian
Elina Minaya
Jimmy Morales
Nusrat Nawshin
Marcos Nunez
Raven Parker
Nasiba Paroma
Sebastian Paulino
Adrian Perez
Joseph Prince
Mohammed Rahman
Alawi Rashed
Sharib Rizvi
Robert Rodriguez
Nicholas Romero
Barbara Romualdo
Damaris Ruiz
Mohammed Sarker
Ashraf Sheikh
James Sheridan
Matthew Silva
Xavier Siu
Sayra Solis
Aaqib Tariq
Jonathan Tropnas
Vincent Truong
Jason Veloz
Jenny Zhang
Eric Zhao
Kenneth Zhen
Texas
Hellen Adu-Okai
Kapil Basyal
Mitchell Bynaum
Antonio Cardell
Larry Davis
Andrea Dixon
Bernard Dzekashu
Iris Fagan
Jim Foil
Timothy Fullbright
Yukari Fullbright
Jose Gonzalez
Raj Gurung
Sierra Hawkins
Kenneth Heard
Joseph Hill
Sumera Huebsch
Glenda Kenneth
Jonathan Jelliff
Charlie Jones
James Kelley
Perry Lens
Atasha Lewis
Justin Lindsey
Rimola Maharjan
Mary McGuire
Andrew Mora
Kimeisha Russell
Kusum Sharma
Kendrick Short
Patrick Simmonds
Amber Smedley
Charlotte Tchuidjang
Gwendoline Tebuenu
Marcos Valentin
Steven Williams
Cassandra Wong
About NPower
NPower is a national nonprofit on a mission to move people from poverty to the middle class by training youth from underserved communities and veterans in a range of tech skills and placing them in quality jobs. Students who enter their free, six-month program, earn industry-recognized certifications and graduate with the competencies of an IT professional with one to two years of experience. NPower also places students in paid internships with corporate and nonprofit organizations. Eighty percent of NPower graduates get a full-time job or continue their education. NPower’s free tech training programs for under-served communities are located in Brooklyn, Harlem, Baltimore, Jersey City, Newark, Detroit, Dallas, St. Louis, and San Jose.
To learn more visit www.npower.org
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